Hmm. Why does George Santos’ response to his latest legal calamity sound so familiar?
pic.twitter.com/AX5QNYa5TmWhat George meansI'm also a WITCH among so many other things.CRIMINAL HUNT!You’re not Trump. So trying to use his playbook won’t have the same impact you seem to think it will.Liar says what?
pic.twitter.com/x92B7TZwOIif the pointy hat fits, broThey caught an actual witch tho.A short while later, he returned with an equally predictable tweet, asking: “WHERE’S HUNTER?”That prompted a few thousand more tweets mocking him.Not on $500,000 bail.Santos’ tweets echoed comments he made to reporters outside the courthouse.
He again claimed to be the victim of a “witch hunt”. He also vowed to clear his name and run for re-election."It's a witch hunt" — George SantosSantos is then booed when he tries some Hunter Biden whataboutism pic.twitter.com/i2LSurGJKVAt one point, he was asked how he could defend himself from the charges.“Well, look, the way I look at it, I’ll be a chairman of a committee in a couple of years if you just look at the standards of Congress,” Santos quipped back.The Justice Department issued a lengthy statement detailing the charges against Santos.
They relate chiefly to ways in which Santos allegedly misrepresented his finances to the public and government agencies.“This indictment seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations,” stated Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself.
