In a shocking turn of events, US prosecutors are looking into Rep. George Santos' alleged involvement in a fundraising scam involving a Navy veteran's dying dog. Richard Osthoff claims he asked Rep. Santos, then known as Anthony Devolder, to help raise money for the lifesaving surgery for his pit bull, Sapphire, and Santos set up a GoFundMe page to collect around $3,000 - but then became uncooperative and allegedly took off with the funds.

Osthoff has now spoken to a pair of FBI agents on behalf of the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York, which is investigating Santos' financials. He shared text messages with the agents that he had exchanged with Santos in 2016, where Santos was "jumping through hoops" and had "been in contact with the vet".

Santos has denied the allegations and told CNN in January that he had