Who co-signed George Santos' bond? Filing reveals family members backed indicted congressman

  • 📰 CBSNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 47 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 68%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

BREAKING: Rep. George Santos’ father and aunt helped him post a $500,000 bond in his criminal case, court records show.

were made public over the objections of the embattled congressman, who raised concerns it would open them up to retaliation.on Thursday, and the signatures on the document appear to match their names.

Santos and the co-signers could be on the hook for the $500,000 bond if he fails to appear to court or violates the terms of his release. The bond will be considered"satisfied" when Santos is either found not guilty on all charges, or appears to serve a sentence, according to the terms. It is unsecured, meaning Santos and his co-signers did not have to provide collateral that would be subject to forfeiture if he didn't comply with the court's orders.

But Santos' lawyer opposed the requests and told the court that if the identities of the bond suretors were known to the public, the co-signers would be"likely to suffer great distress, may lose their jobs, and God forbid, may suffer physical injury." "My client would rather surrender to pretrial detainment than subject these suretors to what will inevitably come," lawyer Joseph Murray told Shields in a June 5

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 87. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Rep. George Santos’ $500K bond was guaranteed by his father and his auntBREAKING: Rep. George Santos' $500,000 bond was guaranteed by his father and aunt after he was charged with over a dozen federal counts, a source tells NBCNews.
Source: NBCNews - 🏆 10. / 86 Read more »