NPR reporter says George Santos threatened her after she broke story about federal investigations into his betting activity
By
Bobby Allyn
Master baker tier. Every paragraph earns its place on the tray.
Summary
Former Congressman George Santos threatened an NPR reporter after she published a story revealing that the Justice Department and Commodity Futures Trading Commission had opened investigations into his betting activity on the prediction market site Kalshi. Santos was caught betting against his own appearance at Trump's State of the Union address, and when confronted about the story, he made a violent threat and then lied about having done so.
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Officials at the company detected that he was betting against his appearance at Trump's State of the Union address in February, just as he posted
Then he made a violent threat and lied about it
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