Sonia Park

Lawyers for New York Congressman George Santos will be going through a mountain of evidence against their client. Santos made his first federal court appearance today on Long Island since pleading not guilty to charges of wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements. The judge is giving the congressman’s defense team the summer to review what prosecutors say is more than 80-thousand pages of evidence against Santos. Prosecutors allege Santos misused campaign funds and fraudulently received COVID-19 unemployment benefits. The Republican is due back in court September 7th.

The Supreme Court is blocking President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The high court today ruled the president exceeded his authority with his plan to forgive more than 400-billion in federal student loan debt, a policy that could have eliminated some debt for more than 40-million Americans. In the 6-3 decision, the justices said the program needed approval by Congress. The program would have eliminated up to 20-thousand dollars of debt for eligible borrowers.