--- title: George Santos Faces Criminal Charges by Justice Department description: Charges could be unsealed as early as Wednesday afternoon and Santos could be arrested as soon as Tuesday evening, according to a person familiar with the matter. canonical: https://time.com/6278466/george-santos-criminal-charges/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-05-10T02:00:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T15:51:25.053Z article:section: Politics og:title: George Santos Faces Criminal Charges by Justice Department og:description: Charges could be unsealed as early as Wednesday afternoon and Santos could be arrested as soon as Tuesday evening, according to a person familiar with the matter og:url: https://time.com/6278466/george-santos-criminal-charges/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd816e90e38379854/698a3cbdb3fce32ead0ca728/george-santos-criminal-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-GEORGE SANTOS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George Santos Faces Criminal Charges by Justice Department twitter:description: Charges could be unsealed as early as Wednesday afternoon and Santos could be arrested as soon as Tuesday evening, according to a person familiar with the matter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd816e90e38379854/698a3cbdb3fce32ead0ca728/george-santos-criminal-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George Santos Faces Criminal Charges by Justice Department > Sponsored content. 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Aaron Schwartz—Xinhua/Getty Images by [Chris Strohm, Patricia Hurtado and Gregory Korte / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Chris Strohm, Patricia Hurtado and Gregory Korte / Bloomberg Contributor May 10, 2023 2:00 AM UTC Representative George Santos, the embattled New York Republican who took office despite fabricating much of what he had claimed about his education and career, has been indicted on federal charges, according to two people familiar with the case. Santos, who was elected to a district that includes parts of Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens in 2022, has rejected demands from both Democrats and Republicans that he resign after his lies were exposed. **Read More:** [_Investigations, Distrust, and Stigma: Why George Santos May Not Get Much Done in Congress_](https://time.com/6246177/george-santos-first-term-challenges/) Charges filed in the Eastern District of New York could be unsealed as early as Wednesday afternoon and the case could be prosecuted out of the Eastern District’s central office in Islip on Long Island, according to a person familiar with the matter. Santos had been under investigation over possible campaign finance violations. In January, the Justice Department asked the Federal Election Commission to hold off on any enforcement action against him, a signal that there was an ongoing criminal investigation. **Read More:** [_Here Are All the Investigations Into George Santos_](https://time.com/6260251/george-santos-investigations/) Santos, his congressional office and his lawyer didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Danielle Hass, a spokeswoman for Brooklyn US Attorney Breon Peace, whose office has been prosecuting the case, declined to comment. CNN, which reported on the charges earlier Tuesday, said he was expected to be in court as soon as Wednesday to answer the charges. With Republicans holding the House by just five seats, Santos’s vote is a critical part of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s hold on power. **Read More:** [_Why New York Is the Center of the 2024 Fight for House Control_](https://time.com/6271824/new-york-house-of-representatives-democrats-stefanik-2024/) McCarthy said Tuesday that he would ask Santos to resign if he’s found guilty. Santos had already been stripped of his committee assignments, an interim measure usually taken for members facing an indictment. Santos, 34, was part of a Republican wave that crested over Long Island last November, as the GOP picked up House seats in New York State despite disappointing returns in midterm races elsewhere. A month later, however, the New York Times reported that large parts of the congressman-elect’s life story were invented. During the campaign, he claimed to have worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, graduated from Baruch College in New York, played on a championship volleyball team and that he was Jewish. None of those things were true. **Read More:** [_George Santos Represents Everything Americans Hate About Government_](https://time.com/6246240/george-santos-americans-hate-about-government/) As reports about the indictment circulated, Representative Daniel Goldman, a New York Democrat, said Santos “should resign, the speaker should require him to resign, or we should bring the expulsion resolution already filed to the floor.” In campaign finance filings, Santos reported that he had loaned his campaign $705,000\. He claimed to be worth between $2.6 million to $11.2 million — with a salary of $750,000 — in a disclosure he filed before the election. It was a remarkable turnabout from his campaign two years earlier, when he disclosed no assets and an income of $55,000. In March, he filed paperwork declaring his intention to seek reelection in 2024. _—With assistance from John Harney, Bill Allison, Justin Sink and Erik Wasson._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6278466/george-santos-criminal-charges/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6278466/george-santos-criminal-charges/"},"headline":"George Santos Faces Criminal Charges by Justice Department","datePublished":"2023-05-10T02:00:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:51:25.053Z","description":"Charges could be unsealed as early as Wednesday afternoon and Santos could be arrested as soon as Tuesday evening, according to a person familiar with the matter.","url":"https://time.com/6278466/george-santos-criminal-charges/","keywords":["justice","wire"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd816e90e38379854/698a3cbdb3fce32ead0ca728/george-santos-criminal-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Strohm, Patricia Hurtado and Gregory Korte / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd816e90e38379854/698a3cbdb3fce32ead0ca728/george-santos-criminal-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-GEORGE SANTOS","caption":"U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-GEORGE SANTOS","creditText":"Aaron Schwartz—Xinhua/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6278466/george-santos-criminal-charges/","name":"George Santos Faces Criminal Charges by Justice Department"}}]}] ```