George Santos, the embattled Republican congressman charged by the U.S. with fraud and money laundering, has secured three mystery guarantors for his $500,000 bond.
At his May 10 arraignment, where Santos pleaded not guilty, U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields released the 34-year-old lawmaker but told him he would need three co-signers for the bond. Joseph Murray, a lawyer for Santos, told the court that he had identified two of the three but that none were present at the time. The U.S. said it had approved of the two suretors the defense identified.
The representative from New York now has all three lined up, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because it isn’t public. All three guarantors recently have come to court to sign the bond, but their identities remain under seal, the person said.
