The two people who guaranteed bail for George Santos will have their names publicly revealed, a federal judge ruled, rejecting the indicted Republican congressman’s claim that the disclosure could threaten the guarantors’ safety.
Joanna Seybert, a US district judge in Central Islip, New York, said the names would be made public on Thursday at 12pm ET.
Seybert said Santos could in the meantime try to modify the terms of his release if his guarantors, who he has suggested are family members, withdraw their $500,000 guarantee.
Santos, 34, has expressed a willingness to go to jail rather than release the names.
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