Grand Old Perpetrators
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A less than lawful person might have somehow wound up in the employ of Rep. George Santos (R-Fabrication), the extremely lawful congressperson. How ever could such an event have eventuated?
A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he impersonated a high-ranking congressional aide while soliciting contributions for the New York Republican’s campaign.
Sam Miele, 27, was charged with four counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in an alleged scheme to defraud donors and obtain money for Santos under false pretenses. Prosecutors said Miele used a fake name and email address to impersonate a “high-ranking aide to a member of the House with leadership responsibilities.”
The indictment did not name the person who was impersonated, but the details of the charges match with multiple news reports identifying the aide as Dan Meyer, now retired as the longtime chief of staff to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who at the time was minority leader.
St. Ron’s 11th commandment is “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” He didn’t say it was wrong to steal from them. And imitation is the highest form of flattery, so Meyer should thank Miele.
Anyway, it’s OK, because Miele has some douchebro buzzwords to defend his behavior.
In a letter sent to Santos last September, Miele admitted to “faking my identity to a big donor,” according to the indictment. He went on to describe himself as “high risk, high reward in everything I do.”
A great way to skip the tedium of learning from your mistakes is to ignore your mistakes.
This article about Miele’s high risk, high reward attempt to set up a meeting with his former employer reveals yet another less than lawful person might have somehow wound up employed by Rep. Santos, extremely lawful respecter of laws.
When the invitation to lunch at the Empire State Building first arrived last summer, some of George Santos’ campaign staffers were wary.
The sender described himself as a deep-pocketed donor, eager to max out his contribution to the Republican congressional candidate. He signed the email Reyem Nad, an unfamiliar name in fundraising circles.
Nad.
Within minutes, Santos says he discovered the truth:
That he’s a lying fink who couldn’t discover the truth if you stuck a neon sign on it?
The message was from Sam Miele, a former fundraiser who had been fired from the campaign months earlier after he was caught soliciting donations under the alias Dan Meyer, then the chief of staff to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who at the time was the Republican minority leader.[…] Santos did not attend the meeting, but sent his then-treasurer, Nancy Marks, who informed Miele he was not getting his job back, according to his spokesperson, Gabrielle Lipsky.
“Then-treasurer”? Did Santos move Marks to another position?
Santos has blamed Marks, his former campaign treasurer, for some of the irregularities in his campaign finances, claiming she went “rogue.”
The new position is Bus Axle Inspector. A common promotion in right wing circles.
As an aside, Santos leaves Marks holding the bag is writing unworthy of a bug-riddled chatbot. Do better, reality.
Anyway, Santos (and the people he employs) is yet more proof that the newer crops of conservatives are hip to and here for the movement’s two id-pleasing goals.
- Grind some faces.
- Grift some suckers.
The difference between the younger generation of conservatives and the older is that the younger ones know time is precious. So they aren’t going to waste it pretending to give a shit about anything else.
Also, Santos at least seems to understand that any Republican in the House of Representatives can shit on Kevin McCarthy, laugh in his face when they finish, and he won’t do a damn thing.
