George Santos fights to keep bail guarantors' identities secret.
Indicted US Representative George Santos has appealed a ruling that requires the identities of two people who guaranteed his $500,000 bail to be disclosed, citing that releasing their names could threaten their safety. Santos' lawyer argued that the guarantors are family members and that their privacy interests justified anonymity given "the political temperature in this country and acts of political violence that occur." Santos has pleaded not guilty to a 13-count indictment accusing him of fraud, money laundering, and theft of public funds.