Lyin’ Rep. George Santos’ fundraiser indicted for allegedly impersonating House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s aide

George Santos isn’t the one member of his circle accused of fabricating their backstory.

Samuel Miele, a paid fundraiser for the mendacity Lengthy Island Republican, was indicted by federal prosecutors Tuesday for allegedly impersonating a former prime aide to Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Miele allegedly fielded calls and emails to potential donors pretending to be Dan Meyer, McCarthy’s onetime chief of employees who retired in June.

He was slapped with 4 counts of wire fraud, and one depend of aggravated id theft in an indictment unsealed Wednesday within the Japanese District of New York.

Miele’s indictment comes nearly three months after scandal-plagued Santos was indicted in that very same courtroom for alleged false statements, cash laundering, fraud, and theft.

Prosecutors knowledgeable the courtroom that the separate Santos and Miele instances “could also be presumptively associated as a result of the info of every case come up out of overlapping occasions.”

In addition they urged that it “could also be acceptable” to have one choose overseeing each instances consequently.

Santos and Meyer weren’t named within the indictment, however particulars within the courtroom paperwork correspondent to the identities of each males.

Again in February, Miele was hit with a Federal Elections Fee complaint laying out the allegations in opposition to him.

He’s believed to have accrued virtually $100,000 from the Santos marketing campaign for his work, together with $50,000 throughout Santos’ unsuccessful 2020 Home run and $42,000 for the profitable 2022 marketing campaign.

Miele was reportedly arraigned Wednesday and set free on a $150,000 bond. His lawyer didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Shortly after Santos narrowly received election final 12 months, he rapidly turned engulfed in controversy by admitting that he embellished giant swaths of his backstory — together with his schooling, work expertise, and household historical past.

“This wasn’t about tricking folks. This was about getting accepted by the occasion right here regionally,” Santos told Piers Morgan in February. “This stems extra deeper into the political equipment and the political tradition of New York state. And that might take much more time than this program to go over to clarify.”

Santos is vying for reelection within the 2024 cycle, however has drawn stiff primary competition whereas ignoring calls to resign.

“No, I’m not,” McCarthy informed Fox Information again in June when requested if he was backing Santos. “He shouldn’t run for re-election.”