民主党众议员里奇·托雷斯(Ritchie Torres)周二加入了共和党众议员乔治·桑托斯(George Santos)所在选区的居民，呼吁联邦选举委员会对他的竞选财务进行调查。
托雷斯说:“我来这里是为了表示对NY-03关心的公民的支持，他们在自己的国会议员手中受到了系统性的欺骗和欺诈。”
托雷斯宣布，他将致函联邦选举委员会，要求该机构调查桑托斯的竞选活动、他的业务和集团红石战略之间的“乱伦关系网”,据纽约时报报道是一个未注册的基金，帮助桑托斯筹集资金。《纽约时报》报道称，没有记录显示该组织的捐赠者或支出。
“70万美元的问题是所有的钱从哪里来，”托雷斯说。
桑托斯一直是监督组织对联邦选举委员会的几次投诉的目标，指控他滥用竞选资金供个人使用，隐瞒捐款来源，未能提交及时准确的披露报告。
其中一个问题是，桑托斯在2020年的报告工资为55，000美元时，如何向他的竞选活动捐赠了大约70万美元。桑托斯在与共和党众议员马特·盖兹(Matt Gaetz)的播客中拒绝透露这笔钱的确切来源，只是说这笔钱来自“我自己努力工作的资产”。
“我一生都在工作。我过着诚实的生活，”他告诉盖兹。
代表纽约布朗克斯区第15国会选区的托雷斯敦促桑托斯辞职，结束他自己和他的选民正在上演的“国家噩梦”。
关心的NY-03公民称自己是一个临时的，无党派的居民团体，他们希望桑托斯下台。
该组织的联合创始人乔迪·卡斯·芬克尔(Jody Kass Finkel)在周二的新闻发布会上表示，“我们的范围非常狭窄，那就是确保冒名顶替者乔治·桑托斯(George Santos)从我们的众议院席位上消失。”。
“他通过违法赢得了胜利。他是个骗子，他是个骗子，他可能是个罪犯。我们应该得到真正的代表，而不是骗子。我们希望他离开，”她说。
桑托斯的办公室没有立即回复ABC新闻的置评请求。
桑托斯承认伪造了他的简历，包括他的教育，就业和宗教背景，几周来一直受到抨击。桑托斯坚持说他没有做任何“不道德”或非法的事情，本月早些时候告诉《纽约邮报》:“我不是这里的罪犯。”
桑托斯是上周他坚决表示不会辞职纽约共和党人和其他人呼吁他这样做。
但是众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡告诉ABC新闻资深国会记者Rachael Scott，选民决定Santos有权任职。
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麦卡锡告诉斯科特:“如果有什么事情证明他做错了，那么我们会在那个时候处理。”
众议院议长周一告诉记者，他“总是”对桑托斯的简历有疑问。尽管如此，麦卡锡说他会在众议院委员会获得席位。
共和党消息人士周二表示，桑托斯将在两个小组中获得一个席位-众议院小企业委员会和众议院科学，空间和技术委员会。
NY-03关注公民的成员批评麦卡锡在桑托斯问题上的不干涉态度。
苏珊·纳夫托尔说:“投票给他的人并不是真的投票给他，而是投票给他创造的一个假象。”“听到议长麦卡锡说是居民的意愿投票给他，我说不是。这不是选民的意愿，因为如果居民知道他的真实身份，他们就永远不会投票给他。”
该组织的共同创始人芬克尔说，麦卡锡“不把他推出去，是在侮辱这个地区的70万居民。”
NY congressman joins residents of Santos' district to call for probe of his finances
Democratic congressman Ritchie Torres joined residents of Republican Rep. George Santos's district in New York on Tuesday to call for a Federal Election Commission investigation of his campaign finances.
"I'm here to show support for the Concerned Citizens of NY-03, who have been systematically deceived and defrauded at the hands of their own congressman," Torres said.
Torres announced he was sending a letter to the FEC asking the agency to look into what he called the "web of incestuous relationship" between Santos's campaign, his business and the group Redstone Strategies -- which, according to the New York Times, is an unregistered fund that helped raise money for Santos. The Times reported there are no records documenting the group's donors or spending.
"The $700,000 question is where did all the money come from," Torres said.
Santos has been the target of several FEC complaints from watchdog groups alleging he misused campaign funds for personal use, concealed the source of donations and failed to submit timely and accurate disclosure reports.
Among the questions raised is how Santos donated roughly $700,000 to his campaign when his reported salary in 2020 was $55,000. Santos declined to say exactly where the money came from during a podcast with his fellow GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, saying only that it came from "the equity of my hardworking self."
"I've worked my entire life. I've lived an honest life," he told Gaetz.
Torres, who represents New York's 15th Congressional District in the Bronx, urged Santos to resign and end the "national nightmare" unfolding for himself and for his constituents.
The Concerned Citizens of NY-03 describes itself as an ad hoc, nonpartisan group of residents who want Santos out of office.
"We have an extremely narrow scope and that is to make sure that the imposter, George Santos, is removed from our House seat," Jody Kass Finkel, the cofounder of the group, said during Tuesday's press conference.
"He won by breaking the law. He's a liar, he's a cheater and he's probably a criminal. We deserve real representation, not a charlatan. We want him gone," she said.
Santos' office did not immediately return a request for comment from ABC News.
Santos has been under fire for weeks after admitting to fabricating much of his resume, including his educational, employment and religious background. Santos has maintained he's done nothing "unethical" or illegal, telling the New York Post earlier this month: "I am not a criminal here."
Santos was adamant last week he would not resign amid calls for him to do so by New York Republicans and others.
But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachael Scott that voters decided Santos has a right to serve.
"If there is something that rises to the occasion that he did something wrong, then we'll deal with that at that time," McCarthy told Scott.
The House speaker told reporters Monday that he "always" had questions about Santos's resume. Still, McCarthy had said he would get seated on House committees.
GOP sources said Tuesday that Santos will get a seat on two panels -- the House Small Business Committee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
Members of the Concerned Citizens of NY-03 criticized McCarthy's hands-off approach when it comes to Santos.
"The people who voted for him didn't actually vote for him, they voted for an illusion he created," said Susan Naftol. "Hearing Speaker McCarthy say it was the will of the residents that voted for him, I say no. It was not the will of the voters because if the residents knew who he really was, they would have never voted for him."
Finkel, the group's cofounder, said McCarthy is "insulting the 700,000 residents of this district by not pushing him out."
