George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, is facing up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to two federal counts of fraud.
Santos, 36, appeared in court in Central Islip, New York, on Monday and admitted wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing the identity of campaign staff and misusing campaign funds.
The judge estimated a sentencing range between six and eight years.
The guilty plea cements the downfall of the novice New York politician, who was expelled from Congress last year after a brief, scandal-plagued tenure.
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The next drag season…in prison
Well, Jorge Santos could have ended up in a Brazilian Prison. A Gay MAGA Trumpster, yelling WITCH HUNT. Priceless
Kitara Ravache will turn up for sentencing singing “It wasn’t me!”
George Santos pleaded guilty but what about Anthony Devolder? Huh? Answer me that! 🤔🤣😂😂😂😂
Two weeks only for the elitsm
You do not see the years of jeering and catch us out if you can in these plea deals do you?
The remorse meaningless a read bit of paper.
😢😮
Okay😅😅😅😅
I thought I heard 12 years too MSNBC's Katy Tur. Unbelievable! Oopsie. British. Wow wow wow! 😊
No doubt he will try to serve his sentence as a woman.
Santos looks like a waxwork
He has lip filler?
When will Hunter Biden & the Biden family face justice for all their crimes. Clearly the political will to prosecute this bunch is not there yet ?
The guy is a chronic liar who conned all the people who voted for him. He was not smart enough to figure out that once you are an elected official everything you say will be fact checked. Immediately it was discovered that he lied about everything. He even lied about his mother being in one of the twin towers when it went down. He now takes responsibility because he has no choice. Does he feel sorry for lying? He probably does because he is heading for prison. Does he really feel sorry?
You get less than that for murder/manslaughter in the uk.
When he goes to prison …..he will Brazilianize prison too!!!!
He should be delighted, he'll get lots of 'action' in prison, he won't have to waste any taxpayer's money on OnlyFans, and they'll probably even let him dress up in drag! Win-win!
Didn't apologise to the people he scammed, or stole from….. just his constituents
He will not spend a second in prison..
Wake-up they live we sleep 💤💤💤
Did he think no one was gonna find out? he really thought he could just be a US Congressman and no one would know about all his lies. To all the suckers that voted for and donated to him they should all lose their right to vote.
What a sick twisted human being.
Fraudster gets caught for fraud. I'm shocked and surprised. Next you're going to say that a president was impeached twice and is a convicted felon.
Land of the free (from responsibilities) and home of the brave (bullies)!
Just one of many Republicans facing jail with more too follow after the Dems win.
Why is this newsworthy? If this was a German french or Italian senator we would not be listening to this. What is this obsession with American Politics?
And when is Georgege Soros gonna be locked up?
lol I saw his face and I believed he did it before I heard the charges
He looks like a criminal 😂
Although this prisoner made me lol, he made me angry also. I am around 25-33% Jew-ish I'd say, a good people the Jews.
Let Trump the rapist keep him company in jail…
Thought it was David Williams by the thumbnail. 😅
Hmm I wonder how that relates to the billonaires who ripped of hewlitt packard to the tune of 8b and strangely their yacht sunk last night in freak weather 😅
Trump next.
Wow… Who is he?
Foreign politician makes the news but multiple stabbing in Manchester, gang machete attack in East Kilbride nothing on BBC why?
He broke the 11th commandment, thou shall not get caught ! 🤭🇬🇧
He will not go to prison,period.
😢😮😢he should go to jailany low levels employees have gone to jail for much less but you know he will get a plea deal and face zero time in prison 😢😮
Does he have any dirt on trump, could be a plea deal coming.
I don’t mean to defend the indefensible BUT this is what you get when you mock the establishment 😂😂😂
How many politicians are guilty of corruption and other crimes and continue their careers as if it never happened?
Difference is this Pinocchio is an outsider and dared to try and be one of them😂😂😂
He refused to abdicate so they found the dirt and threw it in his face.
Gang Of Prisoners
I get Identity Theft, but wtf is AGRIVATED Identity Theft?
Oh wonderful! he was sooo innocent he said!
bbc can make his president
And yet a democrat who sets off a fire alarm to stop a vote….AN ACTUAL ACT OF INSURRECTION…gets away with it…TWO TIER JUSTICE IS NOT JUST A UK THING IS IT
Leftist…..activist…..woke…..religion…..cult…..and finally mental illness……………………organic evolution in action….
……….I think that just about covers the leftards making comments on here
She’s beautiful
Trump – I've never met the guy.
Meet your cell mate, Ben. Ben Dover.
Fake News
Which one is more believable:
– anything that the Chinese 🇨🇳 government will say, or
– what came out from George Santos's mouth? LOL
Who cares about this American ? Why is this British news ?
Hr will br freed when Trump gets into the White House