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🗓️ 11 May 2023
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| 0:00.0 | From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici, and this is the Daily. |
| 0:05.5 | Explosive report from the New York Times suggests congressman-elect George Santos may have lied about major events in his life. |
| 0:12.0 | Last year, Times reporting revealed the many lies that freshman Republican George Santos told about his life and his career. |
| 0:21.5 | Employers have no record of him, including city group and Goldman Sachs. |
| 0:26.0 | Santos also claimed he graduated from New York's Baroque College, but the school says there's no record of him ever. |
| 0:31.5 | He needs to be little to no evidence about the animal rescue group, Friends of Pets United. |
| 0:37.0 | The Times couldn't even find evidence. He lives at the address where he's registered to vote. |
| 0:42.0 | Now, he's facing legal consequences. |
| 0:45.0 | All right, we got some interesting information for you here on Good Day. We just learned the exact federal charges. |
| 0:50.5 | Congressman George Santos is now facing 13 counts in total, stemming from wire fraud, money laundering, theft of power. |
| 0:58.0 | Today, my colleague Michael Gold, on the 13 felony charges against Santos, and what it means for his role in Congress. |
| 1:10.0 | It's Thursday, May 11. |
| 1:15.0 | So, Michael, describe what happened in New York on Wednesday. |
| 1:19.0 | So, on Wednesday morning, Representative George Santos turned himself into federal authorities at a courthouse in Long Island sometime before 9 a.m. |
| 1:28.5 | There were tons of reporters outside, but we didn't actually see Mr. Santos in court until around 2 p.m. |
| 1:35.5 | When he entered, he was wearing a dark olive sweater, a blazer, and the thick rim glasses that have been characteristic of his media appearances over the several months. |
| 1:46.0 | His signature. |
| 1:47.0 | And Santos played a not guilty to the 13 counts against him, counts that mostly had to do with the mishandling of money. |
| 1:53.5 | He was then released on a $500,000 bond that was secured by three people whose identities we don't know. |
| 2:00.0 | And the judge told him that he could travel between his district in residence in New York and Washington, where he serves in Congress and places in between. |
| 2:09.0 | And this indictment was a culmination of months of investigation by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York, who also worked with the FBI and officials in the NASA County District Attorney's office. |
| 2:22.0 | And much of the information detailed in the indictment follows reporting by the New York Times about George Santos. |
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