Washington Post columnist Philip Bump discusses Rep. George Santos' campaign expenses and his campaign's response. #CNN #news
Journalist finds something unusual in George Santos’ campaign expenses
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This is gonna make him beg to stay on the committee, thx for the report Erin.
Well Uber doesn’t take cash, soooooooo follow the digital currency trail, lol. Those must have been some crazy far Uber rides.
Just like all his lies, there are non existence so there is likely no digital currency trail at all. Just all imaginary!
Lol no he had to come up with a reason $7,000 was taken from his campaign funds so he just came up with Ubers, restaurant’s and other things to balance the books. None of it was real
Now retired. But when working in corporate world, I had to submit receipts for ANY expense. You claim it, you prove it. Why doesn’t this apply in the political world?
Same with background checks. When I applied for jobs, some required background checks and checked my credentials. The same should be done with politicians running for public office. This guy lied but could have been found out had they done any research.
Because they are all crooks.
Absolutely right. And it does. Falsifying the financial statement for federal election is a felony. Just one of many committed by whatever-his-name-is.
@byzantium8851 – I agree. Even when I bought lunch at the airport, I’d have to submit a receipt with my expense report.
Yes, and all travel had to show where you went and why you it was important to your work, along with exact # of miles and the make/model/license of vehicle used.
But everyone knows George is a Nobel Prize winning mathematician who can time his parking to the millisecond. After all, he invented calculus and discovered gravity while rescuing 99 kids from a burning orphanage.
@Moderator of Youtube you’re a funny fu#$!😭
@evancycles he told people his mom was a victim of 911 and died. How anyone could say that about their mom is beyond comprehension to me.
@Jetmir Metaliaj they’re no longer flying above American airspace..they were shot down by the American Navy, and rightly so!
@Tony are you trying to take his place by telling outrageous lies? if so, you and snowflake are running neck and neck!
@Jetmir Metaliaj The HUGE , CHI-NAH Balloon , He was the ACE Fighter Pilot ! That shot it Down ! And was Captain of the Aircraft Carrier that retrieved the Remnants , And then Made it Back in time to Catch the Elevator to no where (again ) 🙄 ! and bravely , Fought off a
Gauntlet of Reporters ! Trying to congratulate him for his Medal of B💩give. by the President !
Anyone wondering if the GOP isn’t keeping Santos around as a distraction? Trump used to do this all the time, talking about how he’d buy Greenland while pushing through his tariffs (which ended up crippling mid-west farmers). Is Santos the left hand misdirecting our attention through the media spotlight while the right hand pulls the rug out?
YES
@John Dough But. but, but Whatta bout Hunter ? But, but , but !whatta Whatta bout ? Your Obsession with Hunter is Creepy!
Glad u brought up Greenland. The left laughed at Trump for suggesting it. But NOW the big tech guys like Musk, Gates, and Besos (not big tech) are currently buying up land that was once covered by glaciers. Before mother nature can reclaim it. They are mining it! And the left is crickets about it.
And that is the problem I see with Democrats and with the Justice Dept; they are always REACTING to the GOP’s circus rather than staying focused and prosecuting these bastards.
“Is there any way you can consistently come up with this $199.99 figure?”
Yes. We call it “Lying.”
@KCs Funhouse can this be considered Money Laundering?
@Mr B. he will dress in drag for $99.99
@JustOneTime Stop the whataboutism
blatent
@Jeremy DeCaro you too.
Where would we be without a FREE PRESS !! ??? Support your favorite investigative reporters ♥
@CuriousCat will cnn cover the 9yr old wht girl racially beaten on school bus
@uncle funker Your position Re press supports corruption
Its the 1st Amendment for a reason!
@CuriousCat Yes. I’d like to add that in the little boxes to my right is one that started hours ago of T=rump doing a live bit on opening his campaign launch 6 hours ago there were 1.9 k watching, than I looked a few hours later and there were 785, now there are 627 watching. That orange blob is sinking like a sieve!, creep!
But nothing’s coming of any of this, the guy STILL in Congress, we’re living in very very 🌑 times.
When I worked I had to provide receipts for everything, apart from some items where the limit was £5 without a receipt.
Lets Be Honest We All Remember This Record:-
https://youtu.be/BJY26rGpDxE
@uncle funker Santos put the 37x$199.99 into his pocket! No receipts. This isn’t an IRS audit! It’s campaign financing and money laundering.
@uncle funker I think the point is that politicians are allowed to get away with things us meer mortals aren’t
You did it because a business make end up going through an IRS audit. So the business did it knowing the penalties can easily add more than original claim amount.
“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:38-39
“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.” Matthew 6:5-6°
I’m a former small business owner and I don’t recall there ever being a minimum amount transaction that doesn’t require a receipt if audited! So once again, we have to look at how our legislatures establish rules for their members, and especially campaign finance. You can bet your baby that Santos is not the only one enriching himself with campaign money. There should be no minimum requirement. Thank you George Santos, for exposing this flaw so we can do something about it!
“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:38-39
“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.” Matthew 6:5-6°
@Julie C no. nope not since we started using computers instead of typewriters.
spacebar spacebar became just spacebar.
where were you? at the space bar?
CuriousCat: Wow, something good came of Santos’ political machinations ??? Who’da thunk it was possible??? Now, whether government will DO anything about this loophole is another matter.
let’s all call for an audit of all of our representatives.
@a zebra Wut?
He, also, wrote “Jolene” for Dolly Parton and in fact, produced and played Elvis in most of the Elvis movies.
And sired Miley Cyrus for a repeat hit.
He once dated big bird
He’s actually Tupac in hiding.
No, he’s the real Spiderman, yeah that’s it, that’s the ticket!
@KEN LIEBERMAN GAWD please don’t ever say That again ! SANTOS in Spider-Man SPANDEX !!! I can never Unsee that !!
Prosecutors prefer to go after average citizens because citizens can’t fight back. They do not like to go after the rich because it is difficult. Most of the time doing the right thing may not be easy…
Give him some credit. This is the man who discovered gravity, oxygen, electricity, and established the basis for quantum physics in one day after all…
And did it all in drag 😆
I thought that was Al Gore?
@Michael Canestraro Santos is Al Gore’s father, I mean son, I mean clone, I mean, ah, screw it
Gimme a break.
He didn’t discover those things, boy, you really are way off with that.
_He_ invented them!
Give him what he DESERVES – a double-tap to the head. Someone with all those accomplishments should get to die a martyr…
My grandfather told me that he saw george in the vietnam war sniffing out tunnel entrances. George was awarded 3 purple hearts and 10 medal of honors for his contributions
He also won the 100 meters in the last 3 Olympic Games and did then in 8 seconds setting a new world record..Then went on the win the 200.mm in 12 seconds.. best ever😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He stormed the Normandy Beach, liberate Paris alone, kill Hitler and end World War II by himself. He deserved more than that
He introduced earnie and burt
This was just before he was the first man to walk on Mars…….
Your gfather is a damn liar. Must be a democrat
Hope someone is keeping a master list with all of the lies documented in one place. So we’ll have a standard to judge the next guy against, otherwise how will we know when they break the record?
They never do. The lies catch up with him in the end
I started to but Excel only has 1,048,576 lines per column. I ran out of room in the first week.
He may not win the record for the most but he surely will for the most outlandish. Volleyball champion of a college he didn’t attend. Being Jewish. And FFS who the hell lies about the death of their own mother??
I had a friend that used to lie about the strangest things. Things that made no sense, wouldn’t think there was anything to be gained from them, just a steady background buzz of him weaving lies like an alternate storyline. Of course when I came back in September for 4th grade he had moved and I never saw him again.
Perhaps him and his step father really drove to Mars – to drop him off at his cousins school for wizards, in his step dad’s little Chevette which drove 999 miles an hour (corrected to kilometers when challenged that it was impossible) with it’s rocket boosters and pressure regulated cabin that were installed by the CIA so they could better protect his mother who was a special woman with a brilliant mind and powers of healing.
Really that stuff wasn’t that surprising , we all knew someone with an imagination that was full of sit like Matt. The weird part was lying about new flavors of soda and candy, breaking prongs off a plastic fork and saying him and the old man invented it in a lab. Saying they paid extra for custom shirts with no tags in the collar(same obviously mass produced shirts we had). That his freckle switched arms, he thought he did it with his mind in a dream so he concentrated and sent it back to the original arm. That everyone else that could pronounce the letter R had a speech problem, primitive feature like cavemen, and not him, that it was supposed to sound like a W. He was nothing if not memorable. No other pudgy bedwetter seared themself into everyone’s memory. Remember nodding, listening, sure thing bud. Part of why I don’t believe everything I hear I guess. Thing is I went to Catholic school with religion class everyday, so I guess I was experienced in sniffing it out . Probably why he felt people would believe him, the implausible things we were told every day from the adults. I lost religion before I lost Santa Claus and the tooth fairy, in part because it was brought up more often. Anyway, story time over, time to flush.
@AJNpa80 That was a fun read. Thanks
George is the ultimate superman. Right now he is flying next to the balloon bringing it down. I feel another Nobel prize for George Santos coming up.
Don’t forget his medal of Honor because he defeated the Russian Spy Plane
And we will have to remember 1.Grammy award. 2. Academy awards. 3. And the Golden Globe.
That’s what we call structured transactions in the financial industry. Huge red flag.
Unfortunately, Santos is untouchable. He’s going to sit it out for 2 years.
@Chicago0048 yup
@Chicago0048 So a Russian installs a GQP congressman and the republican party won’t expel him? Sounds about right
Yes, it’s like having numerous transactions close to $10,000 like $9,770 to avoid being questioned by the IRS when you could have made a single paying of $250,000. It doesn’t sound like money laundering, because there are only 37 of them, but $199.99 x 37 is a lot of money if it went into Santos’ pocket, just like the $3,000 he stole from a homeless veteran.
@Chicago0048 I disagree. Kevin McCarthy can’t keep the DOJ from indicting Santos. He is not untouchable IMHO. However, it’s true that he might be able to hang on until Nov 2024. He isn’t the only person who needs to go. MTG is a lot more dangerous.
Who’d thought that the guy who literally has lied about every aspect of his life may also be a thief… smh.
@Gospel of Jesus Christ please stop your spiritual trespassing. It is annoying
@steven Robert how do you get to say “punk” and they delete mine? interesting maybe you don’t attack the nazi censors of youtube
@Tomas Pita did u think of that answer as u were looking in the mirror putting ur lipstick on tomas. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Stephen Edwards why do you struggle with the English language? Are you American?
That gender and sex stuff is none of my business but If you want me to guess yours you won’t be happy.
@sensualeye I hav no trouble with the English language thanx.🤣since there is only 2 genders(fact),I’m sure ur clever enough to figure out mine.🤣🤣🤣🤣
At this stage, I think I would be totally UNsurprised by any new revelations about Mr Santos …….. or whatever the heck he s calling himself THIS week.
Prosecutors in all these cases need to stop being afraid and step up and charge all these criminals. They certainly have no qualms about charging someone with petty theft or minor possession
That’s right. They should do their job and lock them up
Campaign finance law is tweaked – all it takes is 2 GQP members to say “no” and nothing can be done. DOJ won’t/can’t prosecute without a referral. The only way to get rid of him begins with the ethics committee referring him to the full house for expulsion where 2/3 have to vote for the boot – they can’t afford to lose the seat because four more were illegally Gerrymandered by deSatanista and when the court rules they lose them next round. For now? Deal with the fact we live in a minority-controlled ILLIBERAL democracy rather than a republican form of government as guaranteed in the constitution
Sidenote: Biden has already pardoned everyone ever charged under federal law with simple possession of marijuana
Julia Wolson * That’s right, if prosecutors had any sand they would ship him back to Brazil to stand trial for check fraud. Santos is no good and fits right in with the GOP mentality.
When she was listing the places the expenses were spent at, there was one store name that made me pause for a minute 😂😂😂😂