Serial liar George Santos will ask President Trump for a pardon, his legal professional stated Tuesday — days after the disgraced former congressman bawled in federal courtroom as he was sentenced to seven years behind bars.
Santos pleaded responsible to wire fraud and identification theft forward of his Friday sentencing, however his legal professional blamed politics for the fees and jail time as a result of the truth-challenged Lengthy Islander was a “gay Republican” in a Democratic-leaning congressional district.
“Next to President Donald Trump, George Santos is the most hated man in the world,” Santos’ legal professional Joseph Murray instructed Newsday.
“I’m assured that if I share what occurred with President Donald Trump, or the White Home, that they are going to agree with me, that this was very political.
“We are definitely going to apply for a pardon or clemency,” he added.
“I believe both the prosecution and the sentencing was because a gay Republican [Santos] won a congressional seat in a Biden plus-10 district. Everything else was window dressing. I really do believe that.”
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Santos was in Congress for simply 11 months earlier than he was given the boot over a damning Home Ethics Committee report that discovered “substantial evidence” he broke federal legal guidelines.
However Murray claimed Santos was first focused by what he stated was a partisan Justice Division underneath then-President Joe Biden.
“It’s so obvious it’s political,” he instructed Newsday.
“I used to be shocked, I can’t inform you what number of calls I’ve gotten from individuals — Republican and Democrat — who stated that is so political, there’s no approach anybody would have gotten this time in the event that they weren’t George Santos.’
“I don’t think he should have done a day in jail, I really don’t. I think we are archaic the way we put people in cages for these financial crimes,” he added.
Santos was indicted in Could 2023 and finally hit with 23 prices tied to 5 separate schemes earlier than agreeing to a responsible plea.
Prosecutors stated he inflated his marketing campaign fundraising numbers to qualify for federal matching funds, stole from his donors by fraudulently charging their bank cards, pocketed greater than $24,000 in unemployment advantages whereas holding a job, and lied on his monetary disclosure types to Congress.
Santos is about to show himself over to the feds July 25.
