'Rogue' George Santos' grift keeps giving |
Nobody should have been shocked to hear that George Santos began a new path to trouble shortly after President Donald Trump embarrassed other Long Island Republicans by cutting short the convicted congressman's 7-year sentence.
Santos, 37, who pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft just two summers ago, now plays a role in the regulatory drama raised by the rapid growth of controversial prediction markets promoted and supported by the Trump administration and family.
The Justice Department is reported to be taking a serious new look at Santos to see if he carried out a bizarre kind of insider trading off his own movements. The concept could be the stuff of a goofy George Costanza caper, flavored with a taste of Jon Lovitz's "liar" routine.
To start this real life episode, Santos posted online that he would attend Trump's State of the Union speech Feb. 24. Then he allegedly bet big on the........