Federal prosecutors on Long Island filed new criminal charges against Rep. George Santos on Tuesday, accusing him of stealing people’s identities, making charges on his donors’ credit cards without their authorization and lying to federal election officials. MORE: Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel readying for full-scale responseThe charges follow the indictment last week of Santos’ former campaign finance chief Nancy Marks. According to the charges, Santos allegedly said he lent his campaign $500,000 when he only had $8,000 on hand. When asked by reporters on Capitol Hill if he would step down Tuesday night following the new charges, Santos said, "I will not." Federal prosecutors file new charges against Rep. George Santos originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News October 11, 2023 11:08 UTC