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The cousin and cash handler for one of Russias most notorious oligarchs poured tens of thousands of dollars into electing a newly minted congressman-elect who called Ukraines government a totalitarian regime.
Republican George Devolder-Santos vanquished Democrat Robert Zimmerman this month in the race for a House seat covering parts of Long Island and the New York City borough of Queensriding a red wave that swept the Empire State this cycle, and washing away two decades of Democratic dominance in the district.
Devolder-Santos had long courted conservative media attention by presenting himself as a walking, living, breathing contradictiona gay Latino millennial born in New York City, who is also a fervent devotee of ex-President Donald Trump.
For much of his professional career, which included a stint as regional director at an alleged Ponzi scheme, the Republican used the name George Devolder. However, as he ventured further into the world of politics, he began to increasingly use the name George Devolder-Santos or simply George Santos.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-george-devolder-santos-got-cash-from-andrew-intrater-cousin-of-russian-oligarch-viktor-vekselberg
bucolic_frolic
(43,318 posts)Imagine the treasure of information flow from a spy on the inside of political office
Botany
(70,589 posts).... Trump in that he is phony con man backed by Russian money and intel.
Marcuse
(7,520 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,619 posts)There will be more discovered in the upcoming inquiries
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Despite the multitude of posts thinking that he'll suffer consequences, I fully expect he'll serve a full term, because that's just the way things go in America these days.
If you're not cheating & lying, you're not trying.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,459 posts)The more criminal, the more popular they are.