Santos's Aide Reportedly Claimed to Be Kevin McCarthy's Chief of Staff
The fabulist Republican congressman representing New York’s third district is not the only person associated with the George Santos campaign who allegedly lied about themselves while seeking donations.
A member of Santos’s political team impersonated Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy’s chief of staff, CNBC reports.Rich Republican donors fielded calls and email messages from Dan Meyer, McCarthy’s chief of staff, over the last two election cycles, asking for money to help Santos get elected.
Or so they thought.A wealthy financier who donated to the Santos campaign told CNBC that the person calling was actually Sam Miele, a staffer employed by Santos to raise money for the campaign.
It's unclear how McCarthy will react to the new developments because he has been silent on the matter since the revelations began to unspool several weeks ago.In the lead-up to last week’s 15 votes to elect McCarthy to the speakership position, the Republican leader had gone to great lengths not to do anything that would lose him votes, including Santos's.In need of every vote he could get, McCarthy appeared to ignore the accusations against Santos, and during the rounds of voting, Santos was seen on the House floor hobnobbing with influential far right-wing Republicans like Reps.
