CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A 23-count superseding indictment was filed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos,” the United States Representative for the Third District of New York, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of access device fraud.
  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    9 months ago

    I honestly don’t think Trump initially meant to win. Go watch the video in Trump Tower when they announce. Everyone is partying down, Trump is in the back, on a couch, head in hands.

    We could fairly argue that he showed a typical reaction to winning the highest office in the land! I now see a man who realized he would be exposed, big time.

    • TechyDad@lemmy.world
      241·
      9 months ago

      I agree. I think his original plan was to run, lose, and then claim that the election was rigged against him. Then, he’d have spent 4 years grifting. He’d also have been paid to appear on right wing media to talk about how President Hillary was bungling X and how he would handle X so much better. (All without giving any details on how he’d handle X.)

      Basically, what he’s done since leaving office in 2021.

      Of course, once he was in office, he got addicted to the power and now he wants that back. Plus, he sees it as the only way to avoid prison. So his 2024 Presidential bid is 100% serious.

      • Pretzilla@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        Well put. The irony is he could have just straightened up his act once in office and got away with his old crimes, but he is incapable of that.

        The compounding factor is he’s a pootin puppet so once in office, it was a deluge of new crimes to sow chaos and please the master.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I honestly don’t think Trump initially meant to win.

      My not-totally-serious-but-maybe theory is that they initially told Trump they were just shooting a mockumentary about him running for President and they only told him it was all real the night he won.