George Santos receives permission to travel before his fraud trial begins

The politician expelled from the House of Representatives in December received permission from a judge which allows him to travel before his trial begins where he faces 23 accusations of serious crimes.

There are several accusations on the back of the 35-year-old New Yorker of which stand out: two counts of electronic fraud, a couple more for making false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), other counts related to falsification of records submitted to the FEC, two more counts of identity theft and one linked to access device fraud.

However, the former representative for New York has pleaded not guilty to all the accusations.

Aware of the possibility of going to jail if convicted, Santos requested a permit that allows him to travel to the Pocono Mountains, located in northeastern Pennsylvania, where he intends to vacation during the summer, at least until September, when his trial begins.

For this reason, permission was requested through a letter presented in the court where the former congressman’s legal process will take place.

“During the summer months, Mr. Santos intends to make regular visits to Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.

“He expects to travel weekly to the Mt. Pocono area and therefore seeks to add this location to the order to avoid submitting weekly travel requests,” states the document written by Robert Fantone, an attorney representing him.

In this regard, Joanna Seybert, District Court judge, granted the former congressman’s request so that he can travel specifically to Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.

Furthermore, he stated that, if he notifies the government in advance, he will also be able to travel to other parts of the country, this given that his legal status only places him as accused and not declared guilty or subject to serving any sanction or sentence.

Although George Santos’ objective was to run as an independent candidate for a political position, when he did not find a response among his supporters, he temporarily stepped aside, although he did not rule out trying later once he had managed to shake off the accusations in his against or reach an agreement with the authorities accepting their guilt.

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