Rep. George Santos picks new marketing campaign treasurer days after FEC warning

Mendacity Rep. George Santos has named a brand new marketing campaign treasurer days after the Federal Election Fee warned that his marketing campaign was not allowed to lift funds or spend cash with out one.

In an FEC submitting posted on Tuesday, the Santos marketing campaign listed Andrew Olson as the brand new treasurer. Olson isn’t at the moment serving as a treasurer for some other committees or campaigns, in keeping with CNN. 

The Elmhurst, Queens handle listed for Olson within the FEC submitting is identical one which Santos has used as his personal handle in earlier federal flings. 

It is usually the identical handle the place Tiffany Santos, the freshman lawmaker’s sister, didn’t pay almost $40,000 in lease funds earlier than being evicted. Her dispute along with her landlord was reportedly settled in courtroom earlier this month. 

The Publish has reached out to Olson for remark. 

Santos’ longtime treasurer, Nancy Marks, resigned final month as questions concerning the disgraced lawmaker’s muddled marketing campaign funds mounted. 

She was additionally dumped by one other longtime shopper, former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin, after Santos’ marketing campaign lies got here to mild.

FEC filings present that the Santos marketing campaign initially tried to interchange Marks with Ohio-based political operative Thomas Datwyler, who says he didn’t conform to take the job regardless of being listed as treasurer on marketing campaign paperwork. 

A lawyer for Datwyler mentioned final month that “there seems to be some disconnect” between conversations Datwyler had with Santos’ crew and what was filed with the FEC.

Santos is going through a slew of felony probes, with investigators reportedly occupied with his marketing campaign funds. Of specific curiosity is a marketing campaign mortgage of greater than $700,000 from Santos’ private funds that got here regardless of him declaring a wage of solely $55,000 as lately as 2020.

Santos mentioned throughout an interview final week that the mortgage was “100% legitimately my cash” and originated from his “enterprise practices.”

He’s additionally going through scrutiny over a number of $199.99 bills listed on his marketing campaign finance disclosures that he argues could have been “clerical errors.” The expenditures are a penny under the $200 threshold for FEC itemization.