George Santos Aide Accused of Impersonating McCarthy Staffer Now Charged
Samuel Miele has been accused of impersonating the chief of staff to Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy to raise campaign funds for George Santos.
August 16, 2023
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Samuel Miele has been accused of impersonating the chief of staff to Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy to raise campaign funds for George Santos.
The plea deal means Santos will avoid a high-profile trial that was expected to drag for weeks.
A transgender inmate freed from prison last year because she was dying of AIDS has been charged with using a forged Maryland death certificate to fake her death and get new criminal charges against her dismissed.
Nancy Marks's lawyer said Rep. George Santos had "mentally seduced" his client.
The guilty plea from Samuel Miele adds to the legal troubles for the embattled gay New York congressman. Miele is the second former Santos aide to plead guilty to criminal charges.
Authorities say Derrick Patterson robbed and assaulted at least 21 men he met on the popular dating and hookup app.
Trevone Miller, 18, is charged with capital murder, which carries a sentence of either the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
The epidemic of fatal violence against transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people continues.
Ky Peterson, a black trans man from Georgia, has been imprisoned three years for the 'involuntary manslaughter' of his attacker, which he says was in self-defense.
As a new year dawns, activists continue to decry an 'epidemic' of fatal violence directed at transgender women.