Former U.S. Rep. George Santos cried in court as he was sentenced to 87 months, or just over seven years, in prison for fraud and identity theft charges — the sentence prosecutors asked for.

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison -- the maximum he faced -- on Friday after pleading guilty to a series of fraudulent schemes. U.S.

The former Republican congressman criticized the judge’s sentence on social media and called on President Donald Trump to ...

George Santos was sentenced ... that led to his expulsion from Congress. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, appealed for mercy. In a federal ...

George Santos ... he heard his punishment. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, appealed for mercy, telling a court through tears that ...

Former New York GOP Rep. George Santos was sentenced to 87 months in federal court Friday in connection with his wire fraud and identity theft case. The 36-year-old former representative served in ...

was hit with seven years and three months behind bars by Central Islip federal court Judge Joanna Seybert. “Everyone hates George Santos,” his defense attorney, Robert Fantone Jr., said as he ...

George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) sass and combativeness ... try to drop an anvil on my head,” Santos pushed back in a recent letter to the court. After Santos was elected to the House in 2022, the ...

George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, arrived Friday at a federal court to face sentencing. The New York Republican, who served in Congress for barely a year before ...

George Santos ... in a recent court filing, calling his conduct a "brazen web of deceit" that defrauded donors and misled voters. In a separate filing, they said Santos' recent "social media ...

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrives at federal court for sentencing, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Central Islip, N.Y. Credit: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson “I believe that 7 years is an over the ...

George Santos ... the sentencing, Santos left the courthouse and quickly entered a waiting car. His attorneys decried the sentence as unnecessarily harsh. “In light of the court’s excessive ...