“Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was charged with theft in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country in 2017 after a series of bad checks were written in his name to dog breeders,” Politico reports.
“The charge was dismissed and his record expunged after Santos claimed someone had stolen his checkbook.”
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