Disgraced ex-Congressman George Santos ought to be sentenced to greater than seven years in jail for fraud and identification theft, federal prosecutors mentioned in Brooklyn Friday.
The previous consultant from Lengthy Island — who instructed quite a few outrageous lies about his schooling, work historical past and background throughout his marketing campaign, together with that his grandparents had fled the Nazis throughout World Warfare II — pleaded responsible in August to at least one rely of wire fraud and one rely of aggravated identification theft earlier than U.S. District Choose Joanna Seybert.
In copping to 2 of the 23 legal counts towards him, he admitted to inflating his fundraising numbers and creating faux donor names to qualify for monetary help from the Republican Social gathering whereas he was working for election in 2022.
Federal prosecutors really helpful Santos be sentenced to 87 months in jail in a court docket submitting Friday, stating that the size of time was crucial as a result of severity of the crimes.
In Could 2023 Santos was hit with federal fees for charging donors’ bank cards with out their consent and laundering marketing campaign funds to pay for his private bills, together with Botox injections, OnlyFans subscriptions and luxurious gadgets.
In the meantime, Santos’ legal professionals have requested the obligatory minimal of 24 months.
Throughout his marketing campaign, Santos falsely claimed he attended New York College and had beforehand labored for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
Of their sentencing memo Santos’ legal professionals mentioned that fallen pol had taken duty for his crimes, which they linked to a historical past of psychological sickness, together with despair and suicidal ideation.
His sentencing is scheduled for April 25.
