Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, short-circuiting the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress just weeks before it was set to go to trial.
Santos was expelled from the U.S. House after an ethics investigation found "overwhelming evidence" that he had broken the law and exploited his public position for his own profit. But his life story began unraveling before he was even sworn into office. At the time, reports emerged that he had lied about having a career at top Wall Street firms and a college degree along with other questions of his biography.He was first indicted on federal charges in May 2023, but refused to resign from office.
Separately Monday, in Manhattan federal court, Judge Denise Cote tossed out a lawsuit in which Santos claimed that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, ABC and Disney committed copyright infringement and unjustly enriched themselves at his expense by using videos he made on the Cameo app for a "Jimmy Kimmel Live" segment. The judge said it was clear that Kimmel used the clips, which were also posted to YouTube, for the purposes of criticism and commentary, which is fair use.
"I really don't miss the rubber chicken dinners and the rah-rah-rah parties and fundraisers," he said of his former life."This is not absolutely an easy process to go through. It really hurts and it really messes with your psychological health," he told host Cindy Adams.
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