💬 Quoted…​​ “In December I started seeing him on TV… I recognized his face, and it just turned my stomach when I saw him.”

Disabled veteran Richard Osthoff has accused George Santos, the newly-elected Republican congressman from New York, of stealing $3,000 from the GoFundMe campaign for Osthoff’s dog, per CBSNews (😳). Santos has denied the claim.

• Santos, who has already been accused of lying about his religious past, work history, and – per a NY Times report published yesterday – that his mother was working in the South Tower when 9/11 happened, was granted roles on two House Committees this past Tuesday.

💰🏛 Stat of the Day: More than 1 in 3 members of Congress (92 Democrats and 104 Republicans) received political donations from former FTX execs, including SBF, per a new report from Coindesk.

🤯 Did You Know?... When a Prime member visits Amazon.com, there’s a 74% chance they end up buying something, per a recent study from website traffic measurement firm Millward Brown Digital.

📖 Worth a Read: The Chess World’s New Villain: A Cat Named Mittens → (WSJ)