good to be with you. i m katy tur. george santos is once again a free man. at least for now. after being arrested this morning, the gop congressman from long island was arraigned in a suffolk county courtroom and released on a $500,000 bond. santos pleaded not guilty, and he says he ll hold a news conference to address the charges we re watching and waiting for that, and we ll go there once it begins. federal prosecutors argue he is guilty. they say santos is a liar and a cheat and that they ve got the goods to prove it. in the 13 count indictment unsealed today, the feds charged him with wire fraud and money laundering, stealing public funds and lying to the house of representatives. all told, george santos could be facing many years in prison, not to mention the loss of his congressional seat eventually. the gop speaker of the house with his four-vote margin over the democrats needs santos on the floor. so kevin mccarthy told reporters today, let him have his day in court.
delivered a stunning verdict finding the former president liable for sexually abusing a woman and then telling malicious lies about her. and an agreement to meet again. yesterday s debt ceiling huddle on a curve and it wasn t a failure. but listen to the principles and everybody still dug in. during our meeting, default is not an option. everybody in this meeting reiterated the positions themp at. i didn t see any new movement. back to that a bit later. we begin with the right now legal headache. george santos is in federal custody. he will stand before a judge in the next hour. the government this morning unsealing a 13-count indictment, 7 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, two counts of making false statements to the house of representatives and one count of theft of public funds. among the accusations, stealing pan desmic unemployment money. and using campaign donations to buy luxury designer clothes and pay his personal credit card bills. britaiynn gingras jo
delivered a stunning verdict finding the former president liable for sexually abusing a woman and then telling malicious lies about her. and an agreement to meet again. yesterday s debt ceiling huddle on a curve and it wasn t a failure. but listen to the principles and everybody still dug in. during our meeting, default is not an option. everybody in this meeting reiterated the positions themp at. i didn t see any new movement. back to that a bit later. we begin with the right now legal headache. george santos is in federal custody. he will stand before a judge in the next hour. the government this morning unsealing a 13-count indictment, 7 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, two counts of making false statements to the house of representatives and one count of theft of public funds. among the accusations, stealing pan desmic unemployment money. and using campaign donations to
will you negotiate a plea? i m addressing one of your colleagues. i don t want to give the back of as usual, jodi, i do my best to be a positive person. life is already as bad as it gets out there. your lips are moving. i m fine, i m good. i believe i m innocent, yes, i do. i ll be a chairman of a committee in a couple of years, if you look at the standards of congress. look at the senate. george, covid money, it s alleged it s alleged. are you accusing me or are you going to allow the process to play out and allow me to clear my name? did you ever accept any unemployment money? the charges against you, and can you talk about the process? no, it was very amicable, very peaceful. these guys did a phenomenal job.
we clearly came right under your noses and you didn t see us come in today. we re leaving. obviously. i had all the intentions in the world to be out here with you guys. i m going to keep fighting for what i believe in. i m going to keep fight to go represent any district, and now i have to fight to defend my innocence, and i m going to do that. did you ever accept any unemployment money? governor hochul said you should resign and put your district out of its misery, will you do that? governor hochul is entitled to her opinion, i do not represent her. i saw your face in court today. you looked pretty stressed. when i saw you sit down and the judge first started speaking, what was going through your mind, what are you feeling after being in court today? when it s your first time experiencing something of this nature, i think everybody would show some kind of stress.