The disgraced former congressman was handed the 87-month sentence on Friday in a New York court by U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert, who also ordered him to serve two years of supervised release and pay more than $373,000 in restitution, the New York Times‘ Michael Gold reported: Santos reportedly “covered his face and was sobbing as the sentence was read, and will have to report to federal prison on July 25, three months from his sentencing date. Prosecutors wrote a fiery sentencing memorandum, asking Seybert to slap him with the hefty sentence. “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 sentencing memorandum, obtained by NBC News, reads.Fake life, real consequences...
Friday, April 25, 2025
Bye George
George Santos is going away:
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