Freshly unemployed former Rep. George Santos is attempting to capitalize on his historic expulsion by promoting movies of himself for $200 a pop.
Mr. Santos labels himself as a “former congressional ‘Icon’” on the platform Cameo, a website that permits followers to buy customized movies from celebrities or different well-known people.
“The Expelled member of Congress from New York City,” his profile bio says.
The web site says that the typical video size is 46 seconds, and normally takes roughly 24 hours to be delivered. There are a number of video varieties, so followers can request vacation or birthday messages, gossip, recommendation, pep talks, roasts, or ask a query. A supply acquainted with the account confirmed to The Hill that the account belongs to Mr. Santos.
Cameo customers can also choose to ship a message to the previous New York Republican lawmaker for $10.
Mr. Santos appears to be all in for his new gig — the hyperlink to his Cameo profile may be discovered on his X account.
In one pep-talk video on his profile, Mr. Santos references his expulsion on Friday: “They can boot me out of Congress but they can’t take away my good humor or my larger-than-life personality, nor my good faith or the absolute pride I have for everything I’ve done.”
Mr. Santos turned the sixth-ever member of Congress to be expelled in a bipartisan effort. More than 200 Democrats and 105 Republicans voted to oust him from his seat. The vote got here after the House Ethics Committee’s months-long investigation discovered that he used marketing campaign funds for private causes, equivalent to buying luxurious gadgets and Botox or on grownup web sites, which then prompted the marketing campaign to file false or incomplete reviews.
He can be being charged with 13 prison counts of deceptive donors, receiving unemployment checks he didn’t deserve, and mendacity to Congress. Another 10 counts allege he inflated his marketing campaign finance reviews and made unauthorized expenses to donor bank cards. He has pleaded not responsible to all of them.
Earlier this yr, Mr. Santos admitted to creating up components of his background.
His infamous tenure in Congress might quickly be become a movie. Deadline reported Saturday that HBO Films optioned the rights to the ebook, “The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos,” written by Mark Chiusano. The government producer of the Washington satirical present “Veep” is concerned with the film.
Mr. Santos additionally informed reporters final week that he’s contemplating writing a ebook.
