As disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) awaits sentencing this Friday after pleading guilty to fraud charges, the infamous serial liar is insisting he has “accepted full responsibility” for his money-grabbing schemes despite recent social media posts that suggest otherwise.
George Santos thinks the best way to get out of a big damn hole is keep digging.
And of course, attack your trial judge on social media before sentencing. Bye bye, Kitara! apnews.com/article/geor… [image or embed] — JonZoidberg (@jonzoidberg.xyz) April 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
From AP News:
In a lengthy letter ahead of the Friday court date, Santos, 36, said he remains “profoundly sorry” for his crimes but protests that the seven-year prison sentence sought by prosecutors as “ridiculous” and overly harsh.
“Every sunrise since that plea has carried the same realization: I did this, me. I am responsible,” wrote the former Republican lawmaker, who pleaded guilty last summer. “But saying I’m sorry doesn’t require me to sit quietly while these prosecutors try to drop an anvil on my head.”
Prosecutors, in a filing last week, argued Santos “remains unrepentant” and has not shown genuine remorse, as his lawyers have claimed in their own filing seeking a lighter, two-year prison stint.
They cited a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, in which he disparaged the U.S. Department of Justice as a “cabal of pedophiles” and cast himself as a victim of prosecutorial overreach.
Santos, the first out gay Republican elected to Congress, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August 2024. He was expelled from Congress in December 2023. I’ve covered Santos’s countless lies here many times.
Justice Dept court filing ahead of sentencing in fraud case of George Santos spotlights some of Santos’s recent social media posts:
“Santos has reverted to form and approaches sentencing with belligerence and an insatiable appetite for ‘likes’ blaming his situation on everyone except himself” [image or embed] — Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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