George Santos says campaign loan wasn't from personal funds

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., now says a $500,000 campaign loan he made to his campaign did not come from his personal funds. NBC's Garrett Haake reports from Capitol Hill.


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George Santos says campaign loan wasn't from personal funds

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[mamatrain]

He didn't "clarify" he lied again.

[ronnieking]

So, how can he personally loan money he doesn't have? Who is this someone and is Russian their first language?

[kcuzz]

Oh, so Santos’ story is changing once again. Nothing wrong here! Please believe me!

[williamjones]

Santos is on track to topple trump's record of most lies told while holding office

[MH-YouTube-Controlled]

The best part of this ongoing saga is how stupid Santos is, he keeps making his situation worse. 😂

[pickledragonrebel]

Isn't him lying about his campaign funds illegal in itself?

[michaelccopelandsr]

More proof Santos is the perfect poster-child for the Republican party.

[saammahakala]

What a prissy princess!
This government needs an overhaul, using Katie Porter as the prime example on how a responsible, rather than fearful character, should behave!!

[Acer_Maximinus]

“…wasn’t from personal funds”
Santos is a Russian laundromat.

[jdanielcramer]

Having invented the printing press in the Middle Ages, when the congressman was known as Gutenberg, means he could simply print the funds 🤓

[danisyx]

you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest...

[Vrtgs]

New law : When a politician is officially sworn in, directly after that anything he says will be considered "under oath", as he swore to an oath of office. Part of that MUST be an oath of honesty. Any lie told as an office holder must be punishable by law.

[cyrix]

I thought the amount was $700, 000, not $500, 000. ??

[busylawbee]

How can anyone believe a word that comes out of his mouth?

[mechanix]

Each new picture of him is becoming more smug. Like he's just telling his district "yeah I got away with it, and you can't stop me." Let's lecture and pressure him some more because that's obviously working. Good luck removing him. He's just gonna get nice and comfortable while festering in office and giving his district the finger.

[TheRoybert]

VIKTOR VEKSELBERG. Duh.
The money is laundered Russian money. We don't need to "speculate". The evidence is already half exposed.

[danboyd]

That violates campaign finance law. In fact if he falsely stated on filing that he loaned himself the money to avoid saying where it came from, that's a felony.

[isaac]

The man was the captain of the Brazilian national volleyball team that won the World Series so obviously he used his winnings to fund his campaign. The other half was spent on double knee replacement surgery.😂😂

[theWZZA]

Santos is the poster child of the modern GOP. Lies, lies, lies, yeah!

[michelephipps]

Hold on. In a campaign for federal office I thought a person could loan money to their own campaign if it was from personal funds. Otherwise, it’s a campaign donation which the recipient has to disclose whom the campaign donation came from and their place of employment, if any. Am I wrong?