what they are was a group that was purporting to be raising money on his behalf right before the election. they had said they raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and we re going out to some of his biggest donors, people already maxed out, contributed the most they were allowed to give, and asking them for much more money, hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on what they said was going to be campaign advertising. santos, our recording shows, he had been involved in some of those pitches. this is a potential issue with campaign financers. also a question of where that money went. we were not able to actually find any of the advertising spending they had said they were going to do. there was also a question because there is supposed to be a separation between the campaign and and these outside groups, there is also you also have to disclose to the if you are doing this work, which they do not appear to have done.
i see a connection between devolder and red stone? devolder organization is actually a manager in redstone llc. red socially llc, as you mentioned, is this florida company that he has a partner in. so it seems to be that that is a clear connection. there is this thing called redstone strategies that was also raising money during 2022. and they re going out to donors and they were saying, look, we want to raise all this money to do this big media. backdoor cut by all this advertising. and we re going to heat one point $5 million. and they re going to all of these donors at a party given the maximum amount they re allowed to give. they went to the mid said, can you get more? in one case, actually, santos actually seemed to be on the phone. or seem to be the person directly solicited the donor. which is another potential issue in terms of some of the campaign finance implications of this. the panel what they re doing when things were not able to find any records of any actual advertis
phone. or seem to be the person directly solicited the donor. which is another potential issue in terms of some of the campaign finance implications of this. the panel what they re doing when things were not able to find any records of any actual advertising spending. so, we are not completely certain whether this red socially is raising the money. the same rights so tragedies, policy, that the is a partner in. but there are these potential connections with a lot of commit theories surrounding the finances. who is giving money? and then you can t divulge or sources. do we have an idea about the sales pitch george santos was making here? these are big quantities of money and apparently, nobody at the time was asking for proof of the money they spend the thing they thought was going to be spent on.