New York (AP) – Dampered former US representative. George Santos Start a service that is expected Seven years jail sentence On Friday, he was dropped from Congress for fraud allegations.
New York Republican pleaded guilty In the last summer, the allegations of identity theft for federal wire fraud and cheating donors and the theft to fund their Congress campaign to steal the identity of the people.
They should report to the federal jail before 2 pm, it is not clear from where he will serve his time, although a federal judge recommended that Santos be placed in a feature in the Northeast.
Santos and his lawyers refused to comment to the Associated Press for reporting in jail. Meanwhile, the Federal Bureau of Jails stated that it does not discuss the situation of prisoners unless they are officially in custody.
As Friday approached, however, on Tuesday, the lawyer, before the age of 37, was not shy in sharing his sick fear about life behind bars.
Santos told Tucker Carlson, “I am not trying to be overdramatic here. I’m just honest with you. I see it as a practically the death penalty.” an interview“I am not made for this.”
One in Thursday interview Along with the Saudi state-owned news organization Al Arabia, he said he would pronounce his sentence in a minimum-security gel “camp”, which he had described as “large upgrades” from medium-protection lockup.
On X this week, Santos posted Video clip Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”
“And now, the end is near. And so I face the last curtain,” the singer appropriately chrones.
Other posts took a deep tone.
He said, “I am going to jail, friends and I need you to hear this vigorously and clear: I am not committing suicide. I am not sad. I have no intention of harming myself, and I am not voluntarily engaged in any sexual activity voluntarily, while I am there,” he said. On X“If anything suggests that otherwise suggestions, consider it a lie … complete stop.”
In April, a federal judge refused to sentence Santos to two years, who she asked for, saying that she was unrelated, she was really repenting. In the weeks before his sentence, Santos said that he was “sorry” for his crimes, but he often complained that he was a victim of a political witch and Prosecutors,
Santos was selected in 2022, which was flipped to a rich district representing Queens and parts of Long Island for GOP. But he served for less than a year and just became Sixth member The House was to be excluded by colleagues, it was discovered that he had a majority of his life story.
During his winning campaign, Santos depicted himself as the owner of a successful business, who worked in the iconic Wall Street firms, when in fact, he was struggling financially.
He also claimed that he was claimed to be a volleyball star in a college, which he never participated and referred to himself as a “a proud American Jew”, before he insisted that he was “Jewish-Ish” because he had a Jewish backdrop of his Brazilian mother’s family.
The waterfall of lies eventually inspired Congress and criminal inquiry How Santos funded his campaign And, eventually, their political collapse.
Since its expulsion from the Congress, Santos has been hosting a living hosting, hosting a podcast “pant on fire with George Santos” and hawking personal video messages on cameo.
He is also hoping that his unwavering support for President Donald Trump can help him win in the final-win, although the White House said this week that it would “not comment on the existence or survival of any pupil request”.
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Philip Marcello, Associated Press
