Former Republican lawmaker George Santos is now making more than he earned as a politician after being expelled from Congress due to campaign fund misuse.

Santos claimed to The Spectator that he is set to earn $350,000 in revenue from selling videos on the platform Cameo by the end of the month, surpassing his previous congressional salary of $174,000.

The former Republican representative from New York State said he has already created over 500 videos, with hundreds more pending.

Santos began publishing videos on Cameo, which lets users purchase personalized videos from celebrities after he was removed from office earlier this month.

Since then, Santos has significantly increased the price of his Cameo videos, now charging $500 per video, up from the initial $75.

Cameo founder and CEO Steven Galanis confirmed Santos' popularity and success on the platform, telling CBS Moneywatch that the disgraced congressman has booked enough Cameo videos to reach six figures.

"Assuming he can get through the videos, he will exceed what he made in Congress last year. He's been booked to that extent - he still needs to do the work," Galanis said. "The response has been amazing, and he's getting even more popular as the days go on."

Meanwhile, Santos has accused Jimmy Kimmel of shortchanging him by more than $20,000 after the late-night host aired Cameo videos he bought from the ex-politician on his show Thursday.

A new segment called "Will Santos Say It?" on Kimmel's show featured clips of Santos responding to bizarre requests made by the host and his staff using pseudonyms.

Santos claimed to The Spectator that Kimmel's actions may violate Cameo's terms of service and that the late-night host owes him "$21,800 and change" for airing videos of him that were meant for personal use without his permission.

This amount reportedly accounts for the videos and a "50% business rush rate," according to the outlet.

Cameo videos for commercial purposes fetch much higher rates than those for personal use only.

Santos threatened legal action if Kimmel would not pay the business rate for the aired clips.

In response to Santos' allegations, Kimmel said in a statement to The Spectator, "The idea that Mr. Santos would claim we shortchanged him and used credit card purchases improperly proves once and for all that the man is a comedy genius."

While he has already filmed hundreds of Cameo videos, Santos, who faces nearly two dozen federal charges for conspiracy, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and credit card fraud, told the outlet that he has rejected over 60 requests that don't align with his principles.

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