George Santos arrested for federal crimes

BREAKING: George Santos has been arrested on several federal charges …

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00:00Rep George Santos has been charged with multiple federal crimes and has turned himself in to New

00:04York authorities. The indictment includes seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money

00:09laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements

00:15to the House of Representatives. He's expected to appear in federal court today, May 10th.

00:20The congressman has been surrounded by controversy since taking office and has

00:24been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. He has admitted to making misleading

00:29claims on his resume but has denied other allegations.