George Santos has to report to prison tomorrow — he's not taking it well
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos has until 2 p.m. Friday to report to federal custody to begin serving more than seven years in prison for wire fraud, identity theft, money laundering, and theft of public funds. But instead of expressing contrition or withdrawing from public view, the disgraced fabulist gay New York Republican has spent the week descending into a digital rampage, accusing prosecutors of conspiracy, threatening federal officials and journalists, and invoking far-right grievances against former President Barack Obama and the justice system, while praising President Donald Trump.
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'Good morning! I woke up extra excited that my president is putting a bulldozer through the swamp and it is glorious!' Santos posted on Sunday. 'Today is a beautiful day to Seize the passports and freeze the accounts of Barack Obama! I know in my bones that he will be held accountable table for tearing the country apart with the Russian hoax!'
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Minutes later, he added: 'T-6 days! Good morning world! God bless you all.'
On Monday, he wrote: 'It's an understatement to say that I have started to dissociate.'
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The public unraveling comes after Santos pleaded guilty to 23 federal felony counts. This spring, he begged U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert to disregard his inflammatory social media presence while considering his sentence. In an April letter to the court, Santos claimed to be remorseful and asserted that 'true remorse isn't mute,' arguing that his online posts, some of which called the Justice Department a 'cabal of pedophiles,' were expressions of protected speech, not evidence of defiance.
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Federal prosecutors disagreed. In their sentencing memo, they argued Santos had 'reverted to form' and showed a 'strong risk of recidivism and a lack of remorse.' Citing his repeated public denials and attempts to reframe himself as a victim, prosecutors called for 87 months in prison, a sentence the judge ultimately granted.
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On Tuesday, Santos turned his ire toward those involved in his prosecution, particularly Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Harris, FBI Special Agent Kenneth Hosey, and his former campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks.
'I want the world to know this!' he wrote. 'Assistant United State attorney Ryan Harris along with all the prosecutors in my case and the FBI agents lead by special agent Kenneth Hosey all knowingly participated in an conspiracy to mislead the Judge in my case Joanna Seybert of the Easter district of New York.'
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Santos alleged that 'they pinned me as a ring leader and organizer of the actions that took place in my campaign,' despite, he claimed, knowing that 'the leader and organizer was my treasurer Nancy Marks…'
Marks pleaded guilty in October 2023 to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government and directly implicated Santos in court. She admitted to falsifying campaign finance reports to make it appear Santos had personally loaned his campaign $500,000 when he had not. She also submitted a fake list of campaign donors to the Federal Election Commission and acknowledged using real names without permission. At the time, her attorney said Santos had 'mentally seduced' her and suggested she might testify against him.
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Despite that record, Santos this week sought to reframe Marks as the architect of wrongdoing and himself as the fall guy. In the same post, he accused her of laundering funds from John Cummings's 2020 congressional campaign against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and criticized DOJ officials for not prosecuting her, Cummings, or Republican strategist Chapin Fay.
'I guess only George Santos is interesting since I flipped a seat in NYC!' he wrote.
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Later Tuesday, Santos rejected repeated calls to express remorse. 'I'm [tired] of hearing people say: You aren't remorseful, you need to show remorse. Or This to shall pass. Sorry but neither of those statements are true.'
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By Wednesday, Santos had escalated his rhetoric into outright menace. 'I'm not trying to tweet my way out of prison folks… But I sure as shit will wreak havoc with the truth before then. The next 48hrs I'll be leaving a bunch out on the field and don't give a rats ass about it. I'm confident I'll be buying in prison granted my situation so I don't want to die and let all this die with me.'
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A direct threat followed that: 'Reporters trying to find out the location I'm surrendering to beware of this… there will be an investigation and whoever your source is in the BOP or Marshals office they will be buried alongside you. That is a promise.' He also issued a warning about political retribution.
'If President Trumps and Congress don't focus on fixing the justice system when democrats take control of government they will put everyone they oppose in prison.
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And when FBI Houston posted about the sentencing of a 23-year-old woman who stole $8.6 million in unemployment funds and received 18 months, Santos erupted:
'And I get 7 fucking years! Tell me this is not an upside down political justice system! I hope the prosecutors, FBI agents and the Judge in my case pay for this… their actions are a clear abuse of their power. Justice might be blind and slow but I believe everyone will get exposed eventually!'
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Santos was expelled from the House in December 2024 following a bipartisan vote and a damning House Ethics Committee report, which found that he 'blatantly stole from his campaign.' His conviction in May 2024 followed federal charges first filed a year earlier, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, and two counts of making false statements to Congress.
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As of Thursday evening, the Bureau of Prisons had not publicly disclosed the location where Santos is expected to serve his sentence
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