Disgraced former Congressman George Santos is once again back in the headlines. According to a new sentencing memo, the Justice Department is seeking upwards of 7 years for Santos’s case.
The Lowdown
In the case of George Santos, several new developments. According to a new DOJ sentencing memo, officials are seeking upwards of 7 years in prison for Santos for his role in his wild web of lies and deceptiood as ‘springboard’ for fame and fortune.
“Santos planned and executed an assortment of fraudulent schemes and leveraged them and a fictitious life story to enrich himself and capture one of the highest offices in the government of the United States,” the memo said according to several reports.
“From his creation of a wholly fictitious biography to his callous theft of money from elderly and impaired donors, Santos’s unrestrained greed and voracious appetite for fame enabled him to exploit the very system by which we select our representatives,” the DOJ wrote.