George Santos fraud case heads to court again after pretrial setbacks

Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos‘s fraud case is inching toward its start with a pretrial court conference on Tuesday, moving closer to a rare moment in history when a member of Congress faces a jury of his peers on criminal charges.

Santos is accused of several financial crimes, including lying to Congress about his wealth, identity theft, collecting unemployment benefits while holding a job, theft of public money, and using campaign contributions to pay for personal expenses such as Botox and designer clothing.