A former campaign fundraiser for Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Tuesday, the second person in the New York Republican’s camp who has admitted to a federal crime tied to the campaign.
Samuel Miele, 27, pleaded guilty to wire fraud as part of a scheme to improperly obtain political donations, the Justice Department announced. Sentencing is scheduled for April 30 before Judge Joanna Seybert of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Miele was charged in August with four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with impersonating former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s chief of staff. Miele, who got a 15 percent cut for each contribution he raised for the Santos campaign, used an email account posing as the McCarthy staffer, Dan Meyer, to solicit more than a dozen potential donors, the indictment stated.
