Santos has pleaded not guilty to financial crimes including lying to Congress about his wealth, collecting unemployment benefits while working, and using campaign contributions to pay for personal expenses such as designer clothing
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., waits for the start of a session in the House chamber in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2023.Former U.S. Rep. George Santos’ fraud trial in September will have an anonymous jury, but prospective jurors won’t have to fill out a written questionnaire gauging their opinions of him, a federal judge decided Tuesday.
But when asked whether he believed his client could receive a fair trial, Santos’ lawyer Robert Fantone said, “I think we’re going to be all right.” They cited more than 1,500 articles by major news outlets and a “ Saturday Night Live “ skit about Santos. They also noted similar questionnaires were used in other high-profile federal cases in New York, including the trial of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
The public perception of Santos, they argued, is also “largely a product of his own making” as he’s spent months “courting the press and ginning up” media attention.
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