The accusation comes amid increased scrutiny over Santos’ other questionable claims and possible campaign finance violations. An updated campaign finance report, filed by Santos on Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission, listed consultant Thomas Datwyler as Santos’s treasurer. Noti said it would make sense for Santos to want a new treasurer seeing as his past treasurers are facing investigations for possibly violating campaign finance laws in the freshman congressperson’s past campaign finance filings. Among the eyebrow-raising discrepancies in Santos’s 2022 campaign finance report are two personal contributions of $500,000 and $125,000 that he made to his own election campaign from his personal funds. Confusing matters even more, the updated campaign finance report, filed by Santos on Tuesday, said that the $500,000 and $125,000 hadn’t actually come from his personal funds.

Source: ABC News January 26, 2023 22:33 UTC