George Santos: father and aunt revealed to have guaranteed $500,000 bail

Family members aided Republican congressman after he was charged with fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds

The two people who guaranteed George Santos's $500,000 bail after the Republican congressman was charged with 13 counts of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds have been revealed to be his father and an aunt.

The revelation that Gercino dos Santos Jr and Elma Preven were behind Santos's bail solves a running mystery that fascinated Washington-watchers and also an American public obsessed with the travails of a politician famous for playing fast and loose with the truth.