Leavitt's Campaign Finances Similar to Santos
By: Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
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Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) accused Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt of acting like disgraced Rep. George Santos (R-NY) in how she reportedly handled her congressional campaign's finances.
Earlier in the week, Goldman reacted to a post on X from NOTUS that read, "On Thursday, Karoline Leavitt's failed congressional campaign amended every FEC filing it had ever made to reveal that she failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in excessive contributions that she never paid back, in violation of the law."
NOTUS, an upstart newsroom founded by the product of the Allbritton Journalism Institute, took a deep dive last week into Leavitt's amended campaign filings from her failed 2022 run for Congress in New Hampshire.
Goldman, a former federal prosecutor, shared the report and added, "This is very similar to what George Santos did, and he's about to go to jail."
This is very similar to what George Santos did, and he's about to go to jail.
Any nonpartisan Justice Dept would aggressively investigate this, like Biden's DOJ did with Menendez and Adams.
If Trump's DOJ does not investigate these allegations, it is simply bc of partisanship. https://t.co/ucWuRop8PN
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) January 28, 2025
"Any nonpartisan Justice Dept would aggressively investigate this, like Biden's DOJ did with Menendez and Adams," referring to the now-convicted former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who is facing various corruption charges.
"If Trump's DOJ does not investigate these allegations, it is simply bc of partisanship," Goldman added.
NOTUS's Claire Heddles reported on Leavitt's new campaign filings, which revealed that "her unsuccessful 2022 congressional campaign owes more than $300,000 in unpaid debts, with Leavitt failing to disclose for years that her campaign took in hundreds of thousands of dollars in inappropriate donations and never paid the money back." The report added:
The vast majority of that debt, about $200,000, is owed as refunds to contributors who appear to have donated above the legal limits. Those excessive contributions went unreported for years — until Thursday — when Leavitt's campaign amended every campaign filing she had ever made with the Federal Election Commission.
Santos, who became a household name for his well-documented lying, pleaded guilty to two fraud charges in August after being initially indicted on 13 various counts. NBC News reported at the time "Prosecutors accused Santos, a New York Republican, of 'stealing people's identities and making charges on his own donors' credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign.'"
Read the full NOTUS report here.
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Trump's latest "hot" spokesperson (is Alina Habba jealous yet?) Karoline Leavitt may be on thin ice already.
She totally botched the explanation of the "rescinding" of the federal funds freeze order, and now is accused of illegally spending a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of campaign donations from her failed congressional run a few years ago.
These kinds of blunders are Trump's purview, and he doesnt want a 28 year old horning in on his total incompetence. She'll be lucky to make it to Easter.
Leavitt's main talent seems to be smiling every time she says or hears Trump's name, which might buy her a few extra weeks.