George Santos អាចត្រូវបានហាមឃាត់ពីការរៃអង្គាសប្រាក់ដោយ FEC - ទោះបីជាគាត់មានទម្ងន់លើការបោះឆ្នោតឡើងវិញក៏ដោយ

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The Federal Elections Commission told Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday that he has to hire a new campaign treasurer or cannot raise funds or spend money on a reelection campaign—a warning that comes as Santos is reportedly testing the waters for a second term, despite bipartisan calls for his resignation amid a ballooning lying scandal.

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Marks resigned from Santos’ campaign after watchdog organizations and Congress members filed complaints with the FEC asking it to probe a number of discrepancies in his campaign finance statements. In a complaint to the FEC, the watchdog organization, the Campaign Legal Center, noted a slew of $199.99 donations to Santos, one cent below the threshold for maintaining receipts. The group accused Santos of using campaign money for personal expenses. Separate from the questions surrounding his campaign finances, Santos is also accused of lying about key aspects of his résumé and personal background, including that his mother was present at the Sept. 11 attacks, that he worked on Wall Street, owns a $1 million apartment in Brazil, attended the Met Gala and performed as a drag queen, among other fabrications.

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Santos filed paperwork with the FEC on January 25, notifying the agency that he had hired a new treasurer, Thomas Datwyler, but a lawyer for Datwyler denied that his client took the job, កាសែត New York Times រាយការណ៍. In Santos’ latest campaign finance statement filed on January 31, he lists Andrew Olson as treasurer.

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The FEC also asked Santos to declare he is running for reelection in 2024 after he surpassed the $5,000 fundraising threshold, meeting the definition of a candidate, the agency wrote in សំបុត្រ​មួយ dated February 7. Congress members routinely maintain campaign committees even when they are not actively running for reelection in order to continue raising money, paying off debts from previous campaign cycles and filing disclosures with the FEC, on which a treasurer is required to sign off. Since Santos was elected to Congress in November, he raised $27,870 through the end of December, according to a campaign finance statement he filed at the end of January, which shows he raised more than $23,000 via the Republican fundraising platform, WinRed.

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Whether the House will vote to eject Santos from Congress. Democratic lawmakers, including several of his fellow LGBTQ freshman representatives, introduced a resolution last week to remove him, citing the lying allegations, including his unfounded claim that he “lost” four employees in the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando that left 49 people dead and more than 50 wounded. After the ដង រាយការណ៍ it found no mention of Santos’ employees in obituaries and news clips, Santos changed his story to say that the employees were in the process of being hired. Santos’ ejection from Congress requires a recommendation from the House Ethics Committee—which has launched an investigation into Santos—and a vote of two thirds of House members.

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Sinema Denies Chat With Santos At State Of The Union: Here’s Everything The Embattled Congressman Has Lied About (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

Santos ប្រឈមមុខនឹងការចោទប្រកាន់ពីបទលួចឆ្នាំ 2017 លើការត្រួតពិនិត្យមិនល្អសម្រាប់ 'កូនឆ្កែ' របាយការណ៍និយាយថា (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

គណៈកម្មាធិការសីលធម៌ផ្ទះស៊ើបអង្កេត George Santos, McCarthy បញ្ជាក់ (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)