Former Santos campaign staffer pleads guilty to wire fraud

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    94% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"The Justice Department said Miele impersonated a high-ranking aide to a member of House leadership, listed as Person #1 in the indictment, as part of a scheme to collect donations for Santos's campaigns."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"I never ever submitted or even looked at a single report, Santos said."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Multiple outlets have reported that Person #1 is believed to be former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) chief of staff."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"In an interview with CNN last week, Santos placed the blame for his 23 charges at Marks's feet."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Samuel Miele, who served as a campaign fundraiser for Santos during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Miele admitted to committing access fraud by charging credit cards without authorization for contributions to Santos's campaign, other candidates' campaigns, and for his own personal use."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Santos recently pleaded not guilty to charges in a new indictment brought against him by Peace."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"The Ethics Committee issued an update to the investigation on Oct. 31, which is looking at Santos's federal indictments, as well as several other state criminal and ethical indictments."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Santos survived a second expulsion attempt in Congress after the House rejected a motion to remove him on Nov. 1, citing an ongoing congressional ethics investigation into the New York Republican."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Another former campaign staffer of Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has pleaded guilty in part of a federal investigation into claims the New York Republican committed fraud during his campaigns for the House."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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