Santos asks court to reverse order to reveal his bail backers' identities in criminal fraud case
CNBC Key Points
- Rep. George Santos asked a court to reverse a judge's order to reveal the identities of the people who guaranteed the $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.
- News outlets had argued that the public had a right to know the guarantors' identities.
- Santos' lawyer argued that their identities should remain private because of concerns that they will be attacked and harassed.
U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) heads to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote on a Republican motion to refer a Democratic-sponsored resolution to expel Santos from the House to the House Ethics Committee instead of an immediate explusion vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 17, 2023.
Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., asked a federal court Friday morning to reverse a judge's order to reveal the identities of the people who guaranteed the $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.
An attorney for Santos, the scandal-plagued freshman congressman who is charged with multiple financial crimes, argued that the backers' identities should remain private because of concerns that they will be attacked and harassed as a result of the "media frenzy" surrounding the case.
