Former Rep. George Santos' sentencing on federal fraud charges has been delayed until April, allowing him to continue producing his podcast to pay off fines. Judge Joanna Seybert granted Santos' request, citing the need for ''justice'' but expressing concern over his lack of payment towards the $580,000 owed. Prosecutors argued that delaying the sentencing would reward Santos for profiting from his crimes, while Santos' attorneys maintain his podcast presents a viable path to repayment.
President Joe Biden will eulogize the late former President Jimmy Carter at his funeral at the Washington National Cathedral in D.C.FILE - Rep. George Santos , R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. had his sentencing delayed on federal fraud charges until April so he can continue to make podcasts to pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
Santos owes $375,000 in restitution and $205,000 in forfeiture after admitting to defrauding voters and donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen people to make donations to his congressional campaign and pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors fought Santos’ request to delay the sentencing, calling Santos’ promises of his podcast being a financial boon to help pay his fines “extremely speculative” and said its name, “Pants on Fire,” as a “tone-deaf and unrepentant reference to the crimes he committed.”
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