Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer.
Prosecutors say the 36-year-old Santos has earned more than $400,000 from appearances on Cameo, the video-sharing website, and another $400,000 from a new documentaryhas asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than half a million dollars in fines by making more episodes of his recently launched podcast “Pants on Fire."
Prosecutors say the 36-year-old Santos has earned more than $400,000 from appearances on Cameo, the video-sharing website, and another $400,000 from a new documentary since he was expelled from the U.S. House in December 2023. Santos was just the sixth House member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues.
But his life story unraveled even before taking office, with his claims of a career at top Wall Street firms and having a college degree debunked amid questions about how he funded his campaign., admitting that he duped voters, deceived donors and stole the identities of nearly a dozen people, including his own family members, to make donations to his campaign.At the time, Santos blamed ambition for clouding his judgment and said he was “flooded with deep regret.
They said the weekly podcast he announced shortly after pleading guilty represents a “promising revenue stream," but, due to “technical and logistical impediments," wasn’t launched until Dec. 15.
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