George Santos’s Father and Aunt Are Guarantors of His Bond (2)

The two people who secretly guaranteed George Santos’s $500,000 bond were identified as his father and aunt, as the embattled Republican fights a federal fraud case and an effort to expel him from the US House of Representatives.

The guarantors’ identities were revealed for the first time in court documents on Thursday, after news media organizations fought Santos’s efforts to keep them private. It also became clear that the court didn’t mandate that the guarantors have the financial means to back the bond, as is typically required.

The 34-year-old lawmaker’s father, Gercino dos Santos Jr., is identified in public ...