Politics & Government
Grand Jury Returns New Superseding Indictment Against George Santos
The expelled, former congressman will not have additional charges tacked on to his indictment, the U.S. Attorney said.
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A grand jury on Tuesday returned a second superseding indictment against former congressman George Santos in the Eastern District of New York.
U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said the new superseding indictment "does not allege new criminal conduct, charge the defendant with new crimes or make new substantive allegations against the defendant."
Instead, Peace said in the court document the added indictment would be to correct Scrivener's errors and make other minor changes ahead of the anticipated Sept. 9 trial.
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Santos faces 23 federal charges from an October superseding indictment that includes conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, wire fraud and two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission.
Peace said the second superseding indictment is "materially indistinguishable from the first superseding indictment."
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Santos was voted out in December after serving 11 months in Congress.
His next court appearance is tentatively scheduled for August.
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