Former Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to 87 months in prison for a series of campaign finance schemes.
Santos pleaded guilty in August to federal fraud charges. According to the Associated Press, Santos sobbed in front of Judge Joanna Seybert before the sentence was pronounced.
“I offer my deepest apologies,” he said. “I cannot rewrite the past, but I can control the road ahead.”
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In their sentencing recommendation, federal prosecutors argued that Santos’ claims of remorse are “hollow” and that a lengthy sentence was needed to send a message and remove him from society.
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