Congressman George Santos, accused of fraud and money laundering, appears in New York

The controversial Republican congressman George Santos appeared this Friday before a federal judge in New York in his first hearing for the preparation of the trial, in which he must answer for alleged fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false testimony.

During a brief hearing in a New York court, the US Attorney’s Office claimed to have extensive evidence of more than 80,000 pages to support the charges it filed last May against the Republican congressman.

Santos, who has grabbed headlines for the web of falsehoods he concocted to get elected last year, went to his first federal court date in Central Islip, (Long Island), after he was accused of alleged fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false testimony, with a total of thirteen charges against him, of which he pleaded not guilty.

Given the voluminous documentation presented by the prosecutors, his lawyer, Joseph Murray, asked the judge to give him time until August, when Congress is in recess, to review those documents.

Judge Joanna Seybert agreed and set the next hearing for September 7, the media reported.

Santos, 34, will remain out on bail and must continue to report to authorities.

His lawyer did not comment to the press after the end of the hearing, which lasted about five minutes.

When the charges against Santos were filed, federal prosecutor Breon Peace, of the Eastern District of New York to which Central Islip belongs, indicated that with this movement he intends to “aggressively eradicate corruption and self-deception from public institutions, as well as make public officials are accountable to the constituencies that elected them.

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