Republican Congressman George Santos (from New York) claims he only learned what OnlyFans was “about three weeks ago,” but a House Ethics Committee found that wasn’t quite true. In fact, their 56-page report exposes the fact that he used campaign funds on purchases from OnlyFans content, Botox, and Sephora products, as well as a purchase of $4,127.80 purchase at Hermes.
They kicked off their report with the following statement, “A fundamental tenet of government service is that public office is a public trust. As noted in extensive detail below, the evidence uncovered by the Investigative Subcommittee (ISC) revealed that Representative George Santos cannot be trusted. At nearly every opportunity, he placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the Constitution, federal law, and ethical principles.“
The report did not indicate exactly how much was spent, only that it was on more than one occasion. Sadly, the ethics committee report did not disclose which OnlyFans accounts he was subscribed to or purchased content from.
In a recent interview, George Santos claimed he was a victim, being held to a different standard than others, and that he was unfairly targetted by the Ethics Committee.
These, of course, were only a few of the financial fraud claims that were in the report. It turns out he had quite a bit of unreported income and that’s what got them looking into his financial background in the first place.
Spending campaign money on OnlyFans men (yes, he’s said to be openly gay) was just the tip of the iceberg.
“I am openly gay, have never had an issue with my sexual identity in the past decade, and I can tell you and assure you, I will always be an advocate for LGBTQ folks,” Santos told USA Today in October, responding to criticism about his support for Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay Bill” signed into law this year by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In one case, he charged more than $44,000 to his campaign over a period of months using cards belonging to contributors without their knowledge. In one case, he charged $12,000 to a contributor’s credit card and transferred the “vast majority” of that money into his personal bank account, prosecutors said.
George Santon has been charged with fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and false statements for his embezzlement of campaign contributions, for fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits, and lying in disclosure to the House of Representatives.
While not admitting guilt, George Santos did say he won’t run seek re-election.