House Dems file resolution to expel Rep. Santos

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Republican Councilmember David Adhami said he agreed with the general intent of the Democrat’s resolution but disagreed with its verbiage before voting no, saying there’s information included just to trigger people and it was poorly written.

DeSena motioned to amend the resolution to remove any mention of her name, saying doing so makes it a political and personal attack, which was voted down 4-3 along party lines. The supervisor endorsed Santos during his congressional campaign and has since changed her tune following the unearthing of Santos’ personal, professional and financial track record.

Recent reports revealed Santos faced theft

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The York County District Attorney’s office classified the case as “theft by deception” to Politico.

The nine checks Santos wrote exceeded $15,000, according to the reports. Santos’ childhood friend and personal injury lawyer, Tiffany Bogosian, said Santos claimed four checkbooks went missing before writing the bounced checks, in a letter she sent to a Pennsylvania state trooper.

Bogosian told CNN she was not licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and could not represent Santos in the matter. She said she was later informed by the now-congressman that the charges were dropped.

A spokesman for the York County District Attorney’s office told CNN said the case against Santos was listed as “withdrawn or dismissed.”

Bogosian told CNN she plans to “expose him to the fullest degree” after the congressman’s falsehoods have been revealed.

The FBI is currently investigating Santos’ role in allegedly scamming a homeless, disabled veteran out of thousands of dollars that would have been used to care for the man’s service dog.

Richard Osthoff said that he met Santos, who introduced himself as Anthony Devolder, in 2016 while living in a tent on the side of a New Jersey highway.

Osthoff ’s service dog, Sapphire, was suffering from a life-threatening stomach tumor, treatment for which would cost $3,000, the veteran told Patch.

A veterinary technician told Osthoff to use Friends of Pets United, a pet charity headed up by Santos under the Anthony Devolder alias.

Osthoff said he never saw any of the funds after a GoFundMe was set up and subsequently deleted once it got close to hitting the $3,000 goal.

Sapphire died in January 2017, he said.

“I went through two bouts of seriously considering suicide, but thinking about leaving her without me saved my life,” Osthoff told Patch. “I loved that dog so much, I inhaled her last breaths when I had her euthanized.”

Osthoff said Santos informed him that the money would not be used for Sapphire, but rather “for other dogs.”