The Division of Justice on Thursday requested the courts to go exhausting on disgraced former New York Rep. George Santos when he’s sentenced subsequent week, citing his remorseless conduct on social media.
“The government respectfully submits this letter to advise the Court that Santos’s recent behavior continues to demonstrate that he remains unrepentant for his crimes,” prosecutors wrote in a authorized submitting on Thursday, asking the decide to hit Santos with greater than seven years in federal jail.
Among the many examples of his unacceptable conduct was a social media publish from April 4 wherein Santos portrayed himself as a sufferer being focused by prosecutors desirous to “break [his] spirit.”
The next day, he denied utilizing marketing campaign money to buy luxurious items from Hermes, regardless of stating no objection to that cost when it was included in a pre-sentencing report back to the courtroom.
The letter additionally cites a number of different social media posts from earlier this month, wherein Santos claimed he’s being made right into a “scapegoat” whereas the DOJ “let[s] sex traffickers walk freely, [gives] drug lords slaps on the wrist and “refuse[s] to prosecute the cabal of pedophiles running around … the U.S. government.”
Santos once more attacked the DOJ, with a tweet accusing prosecutors of submitting “a bunch of nonsense memos to the court” forward of his sentencing.
Santos — who was elected to the Home of Representatives in 2022 following a marketing campaign constructed on lies about nearly each important side of his life — was expelled from Congress in December 2023.
The MAGA loyalist pleaded responsible to committing wire fraud and aggravated id theft in August of final 12 months. He faces a minimal of two years behind bars, however U.S. Lawyer John Durham’s workplace believes an 87-month sentence is so as.
“His actions speak louder than any words, and they cry out for a significant carceral sentence in this case,” prosecutors mentioned. “Put plainly, Santos is not genuinely remorseful, despite accepting responsibility as part of his allocution.”
Santos will likely be sentenced on April 25 in Lengthy Island federal courtroom.
