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Meet the Contract Killer who Now Represents George Santos in Brazil

Jonymar Vasconcelos, 47, lawyer for Rep George Santos in Brazil
Jonymar Vasconcelos, 47, lawyer for Rep George Santos in Brazil
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February 2, 2023 10:07 p.m.
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I’m not sure the George Santos stories keep getting worse. But they do get weirder, more bizarre.

As we learned way back at the beginning of the Santos saga, he remains a wanted man in Brazil for check fraud he committed back in 2008. After he became an international celebrity in December, Brazilian authorities decided to reinitiate the case which had stalled when they couldn’t locate him. After the case was reopened, Santos hired a Brazilian lawyer to represent him in the revived case. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, since it’s George Santos, that he managed to find a lawyer who’s a convicted murderer. In fact, he’s a convicted contract killer.

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