George Santos has pleaded not guilty for the second time this year. Santos’ plea on Friday morning at the Eastern District of New York’s Long Island courthouse comes after prosecutors unveiled a superseding indictment earlier this month that charges the freshman Republican congressman with helping to orchestrate a fake donor scheme first exposed by Mother Jones in February, fabricating a $500,000 loan to his campaign, and making unauthorized transactions with donors’ credit cards.
I mean, it’s not like he’s going to just stop lying.
Pshh.
Seriously, the saddest part is that he’s still an active member of Congress. It’s truly pathetic how far the Republican Party has fallen.
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As a defendant, it does not matter whether you actually did the crime or not. You always plead not guilty, because once you plead guilty, there’s no more negotiation. This preserves your legal options while your defense attorney(s) do their work.
Typically you plead guilty after negotiating… which guilty people should do
Yeah, and this was a plea to a superseding (read: new) indictment.
Look, I’m not trying to defend Santos as a human being. He’s obviously shitty at it. But pleading not guilty at arraignment is what everyone should do, and I’m sure his attorneys advised as such.
If I’ve learned anything in the past year, it’s to totally deny everything and blame it on someone else. Then keep talking in circles until they get tired of me and just give up.
You can tell he’s lying because his lips are moving.
If he didn’t plead not guilty, then his lawyer fucked up. This is standard practice for anyone facing charges.
Dang he said he not guilty? Case closed I guess.
This weird man deserves to be in prison.
