Prosecutors are asking for a sentence of over seven years in prison for disgraced out former U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) following his guilty plea to charges of federal fraud and identity theft.
Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.
[image or embed] — NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
From AP News:
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system.
“From his creation of a wholly fictitious biography to his callous theft of money from elderly and impaired donors, Santos’s unrestrained greed and voracious appetite for fame enabled him to exploit the very system by which we select our representatives,” the office wrote.
Prosecutors also argued that Santos had been “unrepentant and defiant” for years, dismissing the prosecution as a “witch hunt” and refusing to resign from Congress as his web of lies was debunked.
They said his claims of remorse after pleading guilty “ring hollow” and suggested he has a “high likelihood of reoffending” given he has not forfeited any of his ill-gotten gains or repaid any of his victims.
Santos’ legal team has argued for a two-year prison sentence, which is the mandatory minimum in cases like this. The serial liar served barely a year in office before he was expelled by his House colleagues in 2023, just the sixth congressperson ever expelled in the chamber’s history. Read more here.
JUST IN: Justice Department seeks 87 month sentence for George Santos.
[image or embed] — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) April 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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