This week, Rep. George Santos (R–N.Y.) was indicted on 13 federal counts, including wire fraud and lying to Congress. Today, the Justice Department unsealed the indictment and announced that Santos had been taken into custody in New York. He later pleaded not guilty to all charges.*
"This indictment seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations," said Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in a press release. "Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself."
