Last week, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) regarded on NewsNation to reply to for his startling document of mendacity about nearly each aspect of his career. However then, unprompted, he defended himself against allegations that he stole cash that was meant to help pay for surgical procedure for a disabled Navy veteran’s service dog. On Tuesday, that veteran visited NewsNation to tell his aspect of the story.

Santos sat thru a grilling from Dan Abrams, proprietor of Mediaite, and Richard Osthoff, the veteran and owner of Sapphire the service dog got here to the NewsNation studio himself to supply up what Santos normally does no longer: the truth. Clips of the interview had been played via Dan Abrams Live guest host Jesse Weber, who gave Osthoff the chance for a rebuttal. Not best did Osthoff have a response, he brought receipts.

withIn the interview with Abrams, Santos mentioned about Osthoff: “I’ve by no means met him. He mentioned it on air. He’s never met me. I’ve never spoken to him. He insists he has. I don’t even comprehend this man’s quantity.”

What might be partly genuine is that Osthoff by no means met or knew George Santos. However the person he did be aware of was Anthony Devolder, an alias utilized by Santos whereas he allegedly committed a few acts of fraud. Osthoff advised Weber:

He is aware of he spoke to me. I have the entire receipts, all of the textual content messages, the whole thing to prove it. I even talked to him about two months ago, and he answered the telephone for me. He is aware of who I am. He’s gaslighting me and he’s gaslighting the American public every time he defames me.

Those texts, as well as the contact sheet with Anthony Devolder’s telephone number (which was blurred out), have been displayed all over the interview. As are many of Santos’ lies, this was once really easy to prove, as Weber mentioned in amazement:

That’s the section that I don’t have in mind. We have now these textual content messages. It appears adore it’s pretty straightforward to ascertain he spoke to you. Until I suppose he’s saying he wasn’t one speaking with you?

Technically, Osthoff was once speaking with Anthony Devolder — as a minimum through a 3rd birthday celebration, however most effective to start with. In the end, Osthoff verified that he had instantly spoken with Devolder aka Santos.

It’s a bit gorgeous how bad Santos is at mendacity, continues to do it, continues to get caught, and nonetheless tries to dance round it. But all this apart, Santos’ conduct cost Osthoff his liked carrier canine. The whole cause Osthoff and Santos crossed paths was once a fundraiser to boost the money for medical remedy for Sapphire. “Anthony Devolder” ran a charity referred to as Chums of Pets United, which used to be how $three,000 was raised for Sapphire’s surgery to eliminate a big tumor. But Osthoff by no means obtained the money, and Sapphire died before she might get the existence-saving surgical procedure. According to Osthoff, Santos took the cash for himself — and he wasn’t Santos’ handiest sufferer:

He’s finished a lot stuff along with his pet charity that he lied to me in probably the most text messages and stated that it used to be registered with the IRS. He’s ripped off Amish breeders. He’s ripped off lots of people round right here along with his adoption situations. He ripped off a girl down in New Jersey. He held a farm adventure for her. They had a big barbecue picnic and he was once purported to pay money to her because of the those that confirmed up there. And he saved all of that money, too. So I believe that the FBI continues to be trying to bundle all these things into any other indictment.

And after attempting and failing to “bury the hatchet” and straighten things out with Santos, Osthoff advised Weber: “I would like him in trouble now.”

Watch the whole interview by way of NewsNation.

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