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As Congress phony George Santos left a federal court house in Long Island today to handle his scams and money laundering charges, a group of protestors might be heard shouting, “Resign! Resign! Resign!” But one voice heard above all the others got a bit more personal: “You killed Sapphire, George! You killed my dog!” (See video listed below, published by The Recount.)
Perhaps the allegation originated from Rich Osthoff, a Navy veteran from New Jersey who has actually implicated Santos (or Anthony Devolder, as Osthoff understood him as) of eliminating his puppy in 2016 by presumably taking countless crowdfunding dollars that was implied to spend for his cherished service dog’s life-saving surgical treatment.
According to an NPR short article in January, Osthoff went through a so-called not-for-profit animal charity called Friends of Pets United to get help for his dog. That’s when he fulfilled “Anthony Devolder,” who established a GoFundMe page to help Osthoff create $3,000 — the quantity he required for his pit bull Sapphire, who Osthoff said, “saved me from eliminating myself” two times.
“But then that’s when whatever failed,” Osthoff said.
Santos closed the GoFundMe account and declined to move the money to Osthoff “and I truly could not comprehend why,” he said.
Santos was at first responsive, although he firmly insisted that he required to stay in control of the money. He likewise firmly insisted that Osthoff take Sapphire to a vet in Queens, N.Y., explaining that the charity organization, Friends of Pets United, frequently dealt with the center and had some sort of “credit” there. Osthoff said it stays uncertain to him why Santos could not pay a vet with the countless dollars raised from the GoFundMe charity event. …
Then, in a message dated Nov. 13, 2016, Osthoff composed, “My dog is going to pass away due to the fact that of god understands what. … I’m tired of being jerked around. I’ll take her to another veterinarian, however that money was raised on her behalf.”…
Sapphire passed away on Jan. 15, 2017.
“I simply keep believing, ‘How is he a member of Congress? How does someone that low increase so high?'” Osthoff said.
Via Mediate
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