News outlets have asked a judge to reveal the identities of the two people who cosigned George Santos’ pretrial bond in May.
, education and work history — was released from custody on bond immediately after the May 10 hearing.and has said he will not drop his reelection bid despite the indictment, which he slammed as a “witch hunt.”
Murray petitioned the judge Monday that she give Santos’ guarantors time to withdraw as cosigners if she decides to identify them, which Shields kept off the public court docket at the lawyer’s request. The lawyer said that as recently as Friday he received a call from someone shouting, “Who paid Santos’ bond?” and said he worries Santos’ critics “are just waiting to pounce” on the people who made his release possible.Prosecutors in the federal fraud case have neither backed nor opposed the unsealing request.
Murray said Santos originally lined up three financially responsible cosigners as suretors, but one backed out and the other opted to skip his May 10 arraignment, forcing them to make “other confidential arrangements” to ensure the congressman’s release.
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