Republican Rep. George Santos is banned from traveling outside Washington, D.C., Long Island, or New York City — or applying for a new passport — without "prior permission" while he awaits trial in his ongoing criminal fraud case, a court has ordered.
A release order signed by a judge in May and released this week stipulates that Santos, 34, cannot leave New York City, Long Island, or Washington, D.C. "except for travel to and from court." He can request permission through the court to travel outside those areas.
The release order also shows that Santos will be subject to "pretrial supervision" and "subject to random home contacts and verification of employment as deemed appropriate to monitor compliance with the conditions of release."
He also has been barred from having contact with at least four people, whose names were not publicly revealed.
Santos was also required to surrender his passport by May 10 and cannot obtain a new passport or any international travel document while he awaits trial.
Santos was criminally charged by federal investigators in May on 13 counts, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
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