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| The Obscure G.O.P. Bookkeeper at the Center of the George Santos Mess | The Obscure G.O.P. Bookkeeper at the Center of the George Santos Mess |
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| When George Santos was a political neophyte struggling to launch his first bid for Congress in the suburbs of New York City, he made a consequential early hire. | When George Santos was a political neophyte struggling to launch his first bid for Congress in the suburbs of New York City, he made a consequential early hire. |
| He brought on Nancy Marks, a fixture in Long Island Republican circles, to serve as campaign treasurer. Over the next three years, she used her deep ties to local Republicans and her stable of businesses to become indispensable to the campaign and to Mr. Santos. | He brought on Nancy Marks, a fixture in Long Island Republican circles, to serve as campaign treasurer. Over the next three years, she used her deep ties to local Republicans and her stable of businesses to become indispensable to the campaign and to Mr. Santos. |
| She helped him meet donors and signed off on nearly every campaign invoice and financial filing. In May 2021, records show, the two even briefly went into business together as political consultants. | She helped him meet donors and signed off on nearly every campaign invoice and financial filing. In May 2021, records show, the two even briefly went into business together as political consultants. |
| Now, as federal and local prosecutors examine the web of deceit Mr. Santos spun on his way to winning a closely contested House seat last November, they appear to be focused on a trail of financial dealings that suggests possible campaign finance violations or outright fraud. Campaign filings listed donations that exceeded the legal limit, hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexplained spending and a strange string of expenses for $199.99 — just pennies below the threshold beyond which receipts are required. | Now, as federal and local prosecutors examine the web of deceit Mr. Santos spun on his way to winning a closely contested House seat last November, they appear to be focused on a trail of financial dealings that suggests possible campaign finance violations or outright fraud. Campaign filings listed donations that exceeded the legal limit, hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexplained spending and a strange string of expenses for $199.99 — just pennies below the threshold beyond which receipts are required. |
| No one may be more central to that inquiry than Ms. Marks, who was, until now, an unheralded cog in New York politics, toiling in her converted garage on Long Island’s South Shore as a campaign bookkeeper to dozens of congressmen, judges and political action committees. | |
| Battling for self-preservation, Mr. Santos has sought to blame Ms. Marks for his financial troubles, telling a conservative news outlet that “the former fiduciary went rogue.” Ms. Marks, in turn, has told at least two associates in recent months that she, like others, was duped by Mr. Santos. In late January, amid growing interest from the Federal Election Commission about financial irregularities, she resigned. |