WASHINGTON — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., was taken into custody Wednesday morning at a Long Island courthouse as the Department of Justice unsealed a 13-count federal indictment against him.
Santos will be arraigned at a 1 p.m. ET hearing where the charges against him will be read.
The congressman has been charged with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives, according to the DOJ.
Santos lied about his education and background when he was running for Congress, mistruths that became public after he was elected to a Long Island seat in November.
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