George Santos Indictment List in Full

Federal investigators have added 10 charges to the indictment of Republican Representative George Santos in relation to allegations of campaign fraud while he was running for office in New York in 2022.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in the state's eastern district announced on Tuesday that a federal grand jury in Central Islip had returned a superseding indictment with 23 charges, after he was initially charged with 13 counts in May. They include making false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and wire fraud.

The investigation into Santos—conducted by the FBI with the Nassau County District Attorney's Office—claims he overinflated the amount of campaign donations he had received in FEC statements to qualify for support from the national Republican Party, and charged donors' credit cards with payments they hadn't authorized between December 2021 and August 2022.

"Santos falsely inflated the campaign's reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen," U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace said in a statement announcing the new charges.

FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge James Smith said the congressman, who was elected to New York's 3rd congressional district in November, "allegedly led multiple additional fraudulent criminal schemes, lying to the American public in the process."

Santos, 35, denied knowledge of the superseding indictment when asked about it in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

"I have nothing to say," he told reporters. Santos' congressional office declined to comment when approached by Newsweek on Wednesday.

Pressed on whether he would resign, Santos told CNN: "No, I will not."

In May, he pleaded not guilty to the initial 13 charges, maintaining his innocence and claiming he was the subject of a "witch hunt."

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the 10 new charges are: one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S.; two counts of wire fraud; two counts of making materially false statements to the FEC; two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC; two counts of aggravated identity theft; and one count of access device fraud.

Court filings show Santos was initially charged with:

• Five counts of wire fraud, in relation to allegations that Santos told contributors on several dates in October 2022 that their donations—running into the tens of thousands of dollars—would be used for campaigning when they were used "for his personal benefit, including to make cash withdrawals, personal purchases of luxury designer clothing, credit card payments, a car payment, payments on personal debts," and to pay associates;
• Three counts of unlawful monetary transactions over $10,000, in relation to allegations of transferring "criminally derived" funds totaling $74,000 between bank accounts Santos controlled;
• One count of theft of public money, over claims Santos received unemployment insurance benefits through the New York State Department of Labor in 2020 totaling nearly $25,000, while employed on an annual salary of approximately $120,000 a year.
• Two counts of wire fraud, over claims Santos fraudulently received two payments from the New York State Department of Labor, each of $564, in 2020 and 2021;
• Two counts of false statements, in relation to the overvaluing of earnings and assets on House Disclosure Reports in 2020 and 2022.

Since his election in 2022, Santos has also been dogged by reports concerning his statements about his personal and professional history, which led to calls for his resignation.

His alleged campaign lies included that he had graduated from college, that he previously worked for Goldman Sachs, that he owned 13 properties, and that he misrepresented any Jewish heritage he may have. He later admitted to embellishing his resume.

Update 10/12/23 at 3:35 a.m. ET: This article was updated to include a response from Santos' congressional office.