George Santos Names Mysterious New Campaign Treasurer No One Seems To Know

On Tuesday, George Santos’ campaign officials filed documents listing a new campaign treasurer but provided scant details about a mysterious man who was apparently bugged to trace the treasury of a Long Island congressman who failed to uncover the truth.

Santos’ campaign organization statement lists Andrew Olson as the new treasurer. But he did not give Olson’s phone number and gave him the same address, 9002 Queens Blvd. in Queens, which Santos had listed as his own address in previous documents.

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) leaves the Capitol Hill Club on January 31, 2023 in Washington, DC.

There appears to have been no evidence that anyone named Andrew Olson was ever a federal campaign treasurer.

Olson’s alleged ascension to the post is under scrutiny. The final treasurer named by the Santos campaign said that he was not actually Santos’ treasurer and did not have authorized forms indicating that he was.

Messages from the Daily News to the email address given to Olson were not immediately returned on Tuesday. A lawyer for Santos declined to confirm whether Olson was the new treasurer Monday night after some paperwork was filed with the Federal Election Commission that listed Olson as treasurer.

“No comment on who will be the new treasurer,” Joseph Murray, Santos’ lawyer, wrote in a text message. “Please let the treasurer do his job.”

According to FEC records, former Santos Treasurer Nancy Marks said she resigned on January 25. The commission sent a letter dated January 26 to Thomas Detweiler, Marx’s replacement, asking him to confirm documents that named him Santos’ new treasurer.

Datwyler’s lawyer, Derek Ross, immediately wrote back to the FEC saying that his client was not the treasurer and asked that the case be referred to “the appropriate law enforcement agency to determine whether a crime occurred.”

Marks and Datwyler did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story.

A week ago, the commission sent a notice to Santos asking him to appoint a treasurer for his campaign or he would lose the ability to receive campaign donations. The Federal Election Commission set a deadline of Tuesday, which the Santos campaign missed the deadline.

But the new documents have puzzled observers.

“At least Olson is now officially listed as their treasurer,” Robert Maguire, director of research at Washington DC-based nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, wrote in an email. “The problem now is that no one really knows who this Olson guy is.”

The organization’s new statement says the Santos committee is the “National Committee of the Republican Party.”

But Brett Kappel, a campaign finance lawyer, said the only GOP national committees are the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the Congressional Republican National Committee.

“Whoever filed this report does not have a basic understanding of how to prepare and submit these reports,” Kappel said.

“A mistake like this is mind-boggling,” he said. “I was frankly shocked that someone would file such a claim in this situation.”

Santos, 34, has represented part of Long Island and part of eastern Queens since he was sworn into Congress last month. As a candidate, he crafted a fictional resume for himself, misleading voters about his education, religion, family history, professional experience, and property.

Several U.S. attorneys have launched investigations into the rookie congressman. And last month, Brazilian prosecutors said they were reopening a long-dormant criminal case against him.

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