When he heads to prison next week, former Rep. George Santos will leave behind a campaign committee that is out of compliance with the Federal Election Commission and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
Devolder-Santos for Congress has yet to file a July quarterly report, even though the deadline for committees required to file was July 15. Although Santos is no longer in office or campaigning, campaign committees are required to file regular reports until they are officially terminated by the FEC.
The campaign committee was $811,092.07 in debt — most of which Santos loaned his campaign and had not yet repaid — as of its most recent FEC filing in April. It also owed $181,000 to former staffers and various campaign servicers. The committee had $407.65 cash on hand. Santos did not respond to a request for comment.