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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months ago

Disgraced George Santos ordered to surrender $200K obtained by wire fraud

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Disgraced George Santos ordered to surrender $200K obtained by wire fraud

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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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A federal judge has ordered former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to surrender roughly $200,000 in ill-gotten money from his wire fraud scheme, CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reported Friday.The order follows Santos' guilty plea to federal charges against him, which he is set to face sentencing for in Februa...
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    Do people not go to jail anymore? If a normal person got caught with $200k from wire fraud they don’t get asked nicely to give it back.

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      Laws for thee but not me.

    • OldChicoAle@lemmy.world
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      Have you tried being born rich and influential?

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    There’s zero checks on House candidates apparently…

    Why don’t Dems just pull reverse Sinemas and run as MAGA candidates in the primary then switch parties as soon as they’re in office?

    Like, sure it’s shitty.

    But we’re fighting fascism, historically this would still be a very minor response compared to what’s normally required.

    If we’re going all out, that’s the type of “low road” shit we need, not attempts at edgy memes that almost undoubtedly pushed the youth away even though boomers thought they were hilarious.

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      As simple as it sounds, I think it’s a lot more difficult for semi well adjusted people to be as forwardly shitty as Republicans even if just to win an election. All a Republican has to do to pull a fast one is shut up. One requires doing something bad while the other is quite literally doing nothing at all.

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      Why don’t Dems just pull reverse Sinemas and run as MAGA candidates in the primary then switch parties as soon as they’re in office?

      Because they’re not that strongly opposed to fascism, unlike you or me.

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        Ok, you run a fake maga campaign and pull the switcheroo. I’ll give you a fucking standing ovation.

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    I thought Trump was going to make him the ambassador to Brazil but his check must have bounced.

    • AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
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      You get paid before you start?

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        Trump works on contingency? No, money down.

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    There was a video on the old site about a week ago with a New Yorker throwing coffee on him and yelling insults. It was magnificent.

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      Yeah I just watched that one. How very cash money of that dude.

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      That was staged by Santos…

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    disgraced

    Is it even possible to ‘disgrace’ a man this shameless?

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    He doesn’t look disgraced in the thumbnail.

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      He gets sentenced in February. Even if you’re fake rich you get a different justice system apparently. But that’s a perp walk I can’t wait to peep.

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      He’s the epitomy of that German word that means “face that looks punchable”

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    I had already forgotten about this guy. Happy I did honestly

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    You gotta hand it to the man. He saw an opportunity and he took it. He’s just bad at it. We can’t shame him, because we elected a better version of him.

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      deleted by creator

      • mercphilby@discuss.online
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        It’s just business. 🤷‍♂️

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          Fuck business.

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            Amen

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      I’d say he was pretty fucking good at it getting elected to the House in New York. But he was sloppy as the blowjob he gave that Amish dingus for his inbred dogs.

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        Wow, that’s a mouthful. 😅

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    If he was cishet, I wonder if he’d still be in office?

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    It’s taking a long time to get this asshole into prison.

    I wonder if he was inspired by donvict to get into government and be effectively above the law.

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