# Representative George Santos: Indictment and Prosecution (Expelled from Congress on Dec 1, 2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 10, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850 "2023-05-10T14:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/741 "2024-05-01T05:43:11Z")
And Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula One driver. 9 Time World Champion! That’s the Ticket! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/742 "2024-05-01T11:46:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A fictional autobiography? “If I Did It: Confessions of the First Man to Ascend to the Presidency following a Drag Queen Career.” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/743 "2024-05-01T14:47:13Z")
> **[Ousted Congressman George Santos Revives Drag Queen Persona on Cameo](https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/01/congressman-george-santos-drag-queen-cameo-video-kitara-ravache/)** > > George Santos breathed new life into his old drag queen persona -- bringing back his old shtick in a new video ... where he seems inclined to say hello for some cash. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/744 "2024-05-01T14:52:11Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > where he seems inclined to say hello for some cash There’s a word for that ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/745 "2024-05-01T14:54:06Z")
Not that there’s any reason to believe him at this point, but if this video is true, he’s raising money for a 9/11 foundation. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QkNv8YcgEp4/maxresdefault.jpg "Lying ex-Rep. George Santos revives drag persona ‘Kitara Ravache’ for Cameo cash") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkNv8YcgEp4) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/746 "2024-05-01T14:55:57Z")
You think it might be a cosmetic exercise? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/747 "2024-05-01T18:03:31Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Not that there’s any reason to believe him at this point, On the one hand he is totally untrustworthy, but on the other hand is he really stupid enough to try to run the same scam that he is about to be sent to prison for? OK, maybe there is just the one hand. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/748 "2024-05-01T20:36:31Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > “I like the way Sotnas thinks!” > > I read that as “Snotas”. > > I have a 5th grader’s sense of humour. He snotas impressive a candidate as Santos. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/749 "2024-05-01T20:51:02Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > On the one hand he is totally untrustworthy, but on the other hand is he really stupid enough to try to run the same scam that he is about to be sent to prison for? OK, maybe there is just the one hand. He probably figures he can run the con as Kitara and then after he gets the money, he’ll take off the dress and go back to being George - who denies Kitara even exists. It’s the perfect crime. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/750 "2024-05-01T20:52:39Z")
How can anyone not admire him? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/751 "2024-05-01T21:40:26Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Not that there’s any reason to believe him at this point, but if this video is true, he’s raising money for a 9/11 foundation. It makes sense, all 18 of his mothers barely escaped when the towers collapsed. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/752 "2024-05-01T22:03:25Z")
Was that before or after he single-handedly brought down the plane that crashed into the pentagon? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/753 "2024-05-02T00:20:56Z")
I forgot about that one. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/754 "2024-08-17T17:26:56Z")
> **[Former congressman George Santos expected to plead guilty to charges related...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/politics/santos-expected-plead-guilty-campaign-fraud/index.html)** > > Former New York Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal charges relating to fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. No details of what the agreement includes. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/755 "2024-08-17T17:28:04Z")
He’ll do well in prison. ETA: For those who think I meant something that involves Mr. Santos’s mistreatment, I didn’t. I meant simply that he’s a con artist of the first order, and he will undoubtedly be in his element to capitalize on his strengths there. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/756 "2024-08-17T17:40:54Z")
I’ve also heard that con men tend to be respected by the rest of the inmate population on account of their contriving ways to “beat the system”, though being incarcerated suggests they weren’t that good at it. Would Trump if elected pardon Santos? It’s been observed that the two [have a lot in common](http://talbotspy.org/george-santos-and-donald-trump-by-j-e-dean/). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/757 "2024-08-17T17:45:02Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I meant simply that he’s a con artist of the first order No, telling lots of lies doesn’t make you a con artist of the first order. A successful con artist is somebody who gets away with telling lies. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/758 "2024-08-17T17:45:57Z")
He got elected. He was successful for a time, at least. And it took a tremendous effort to get him ousted from his position. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/759 "2024-08-17T17:48:56Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Was that before or after he single-handedly brought down the plane that crashed into the pentagon? I thought Hani Hanjour single-handedly brought down the plane that crashed into the pentagon. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850/760 "2024-08-18T16:27:27Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Would Trump if elected pardon Santos? It’s been observed that the two [have a lot in common](http://talbotspy.org/george-santos-and-donald-trump-by-j-e-dean/). Can Santos do anything for Trump? No. That should answer your question. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850.md?page=39)