Sam Miele

Samuel Miele, who worked for Santos during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, is facing four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. The federal charges say Miele posed as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff, Dan Meyer while communicating with more than a dozen potential donors during the last half of 2021. He did this “falsely and without authorization,” to raise money for Santos—and a 15 percent commission for himself, the indictment says. The charges against Miele were filed in U.S District Court for the Eastern District of New York, where his former boss’ trial is also being held.