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(NewsNation) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is acceptable to beryllium sentenced successful a New York national tribunal Friday aft pleading guilty to defrauding donors and committing individuality theft past summer.
The New York Republican has been convicted of national ligament fraud and aggravated individuality theft, which could effect successful a condemnation of up to 87 months.
Prosecutors anticipation to enactment Santos successful national situation for seven years.
“Santos planned and executed an assortment of fraudulent schemes and leveraged them and a fictitious beingness communicative to enrich himself and seizure 1 of the highest offices successful the authorities of the United States,” DOJ attorneys wrote, according to tribunal documents.
Santos is liable to wage astir $580,000 successful penalties arsenic portion of a erstwhile plea deal.
Santos, who was ousted from Congress successful 2023, has admitted to duping donors and stealing the identities of astir a twelve radical to money his campaign.
Soon aft flipping New York's 3rd Congressional District for the GOP successful 2022, it was discovered that Santos had fabricated overmuch of his backstory — including lies astir owning businesses, holding jobs and buying existent estate.
He told reporters earlier this week he's resigned to immoderate happens connected Friday.
“I’m doing arsenic good arsenic immoderate quality being would beryllium doing fixed the circumstances,” Santos wrote successful a substance connection to the Associated Press connected Thursday. “I volition beryllium successful tribunal tomorrow, acceptable to look the music.”
