George Santos once sat in the House of Representatives. Now, for the next seven years, he will be housed in a federal prison.
Santos, a former congressman who once represented New York’s 3rd District, reported to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fairton in New Jersey on Friday, The Hill reported.
Santos, 37, was sentenced to 87 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in 2024.
The disgraced congressman originally faced 23 federal counts for a multitude of misdeeds, including money laundering, theft of public funds, making materially false statements to the House of Representatives and Federal Election Commission (FEC) and falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC.
Santos was the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat as a nonincumbent.
It soon became public that he had made up a lot of his biography and was eventually thrown out of the House.
He became the sixth lawmaker to ever be ousted from the House.
of his biography and resume was fabricated, grew larger after two criminal indictments and hit an apex when he was expelled from the House,
Santos posted about going to prison with a post on X Thursday.
“Well, darlings… The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed. From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news what a ride it’s been!” Santoswrote.“Was it messy? Always. Glamorous? Occasionally. Honest? I tried… most days.”
He then addressed both his supporters and critics.
“To my supporters: You made this wild political cabaret worth it. To my critics: Thanks for the free press. I may be leaving the stage (for now), but trust me legends never truly exit,” he added. “I may be leaving the stage (for now), but trust me legends never truly exit.”
“Seven years and three months in prison for a first-time offender over campaign matters just screams ‘over the top,’ and I would appreciate if the president would consider,” the former New York lawmaker added.
The judge asked that Santos be sent to a prison “within the North-East region of the United States.”
Santos was ousted from the House in a vote of 311-114-2. There were 105 Republicans who voted with all the Democrats to remove Santos. He was in the House less than a year.
And he did not go quietly, saying, “To hell with this place” following the vote.
