Santos, Due in Court Next Week, Crusades Against Former Colleagues
The former congressman of New York, George Santos, is firing off allegations on social media as he prepares to head to court next week.

While the former congressman from New Yorkâs Third District, George Santos, has been removed from the House of Representatives, heâs due in court next week.
Last week, Mr. Santos became the sixth member of the House to be removed from the legislative body. Next week, he will be due in federal court at Long Island for a status conference, a meeting where attorneys for the prosecution and the defense exchange evidence and sometimes discuss plea bargains.
Mr. Santos is facing charges of identity theft, charging his supportersâ credit cards without authorization, lying to the Federal Elections Commission, conspiracy, and fraud.
Mr. Santos has pleaded not guilty in his case and maintains that his removal from office, which came after a scathing House Ethics Committee report but before a conviction, set a dangerous precedent for the removal of a representative.
Although Mr. Santos has been removed from Congress, he is fighting to remain relevant and promising that his âcommunity service will be to clean up Congress of itâs [sic] corrupt frauds in a Bipartisan way,â according to his X bio.
So far, Mr. Santos has taken aim at three fellow New York Republicans, accusing Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis of insider trading, Congressman Mike Lawler of pocketing campaign funds, and Congressman Nick LaLota of failing to appear at a board of elections job.
âCongressman Lawler owns portion [sic] of Checkmate Strategies and he uses the same firm that he is a beneficiary of to pay for services related to his campaign,â Mr. Santos said in a post. âThe concerning questions are; is Mr Lawler engaging in laundering money from his campaign to his firm then into his own pocket?â
Mr. Santos also said he would be filing an ethics complaint against Ms. Malliotakis âregarding her questionable stock trading since joining the Ways and Means committee this Congress.â
âBefore joining the committee the congresswoman didnât have an active trading habit or a high volume stake,â Mr. Santos said in a post. âThe question is, what set of information is she trading with?â
The House Committee on Ethics declined to comment on whether there had been any official complaints filed by Mr. Santos.
Mr. Santos is also hawking himself on Cameo, a website where customers can pay public figures to record short videos for specific occasions. He recently raised his price to $200 a video from $75.
Senator Fetterman, who has been a chief antagonist of Senator Menendez following a federal indictment alleging Mr. Menendez took bribes in return for acting in the interest of the Egyptian government, paid Mr. Santos to record a message to âBobby from Jersey.â
âHey Bobby, uh, look I donât think I need to tell you but these people, these people that want to make you get in trouble and want to kick you out and make you run away â you make them put up or shut up,â Mr. Santos said in a Cameo video. âYou stand your ground sir and donât get bogged down by all the haters out there. Merry Christmas.â

