NPR reporter claims former Rep. George Santos threatened him
An NPR reporter on Thursday accused former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) of threatening him during a heated phone call that included the phrase “a gun in your face.”
NPR’s Bobby Allyn said the comments from Santos came a day after he published a report on the Justice Department (DOJ) investigating the ex-lawmaker for possible insider trading.
“I was winding down my work day here in Los Angeles when my phone rang at 5:37 p.m. from a blocked number,” Allyn wrote in his report of the encounter. “It was former Congressman George Santos. He was boiling with rage.”
The news outlet reported Tuesday that the DOJ launched a probe into Santos investigating millions of dollars in bets made on prediction market platform Kalshi about whether or not the New York Republican would attend President Trump’s State of the Union address in February.
“Kalshi detected Santos’ trades, froze his account and referred the case to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Justice, which both opened investigations into Santos, according to a person familiar with Kalshi’s investigation who was not authorized to speak publicly,” the story reads.
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