CENTRAL ISLIP, New York — A federal judge on Friday sentenced disgraced former Rep. George Santos to more than seven years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a case that resulted in his expulsion from Congress and capped a colorful flameout for the first-term Republican.
The 87-month sentence for Santos, who wept as it was announced, comes after a memorable one-year stint in Congress in which he was exposed, in prosecutors’ words, as a “
pathological liar and fraudster.”
In imposing the lengthy sentence, U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert decried his
“flagrant thievery,” describing him as “
an arrogant fraudster talking out of both sides of his mouth.”
He lied to the people who for him. He distorted his record and missed used campaign for his own gain. He the sentence he deserved.
New York federal judge sentenced former Rep. George Santos to more than seven years in prison.
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