Former Congressman George Santos is pleading with President Trump for leniency.
On Friday, Santos was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft last year.
The prosecution was granted the 87 months that they had requested, which many argue was an excessively severe sentence for the crimes committed.
Santos took to social media on Friday to criticize the ruling and pleaded with President Trump for leniency.
He wrote:
This is the hardest statement I have ever written. I write this humbled, chastened, and fully accountable for choices that shattered the faith so many placed in me.
I betrayed the confidence entrusted to me by many. For that, I offer my deepest apology.
When I pled guilty, I did so without reservation. I said then, and I repeat now, that my conduct betrayed my supporters and diminished the institution I was privileged to serve. Those words have weighed on me every day since.
I cannot rewrite the past, but I can control the road ahead. I asked the Court for a sentence that balances accountability with the chance to prove through sustained, measurable action that I can still contribute positively to the community I wronged.
I believe that 7 years is an over the top politically influenced sentence and I implore that President Trump gives me a chance to prove I’m more than the mistakes I’ve made.
This is the hardest statement I have ever written. I write this humbled, chastened, and fully accountable for choices that shattered the faith so many placed in me. I betrayed the confidence entrusted to me by many. For that, I offer my deepest apology.
When I pled guilty, I did…
— Pants On Fire with George Santos (@MrSantosNY) April 26, 2025
Before the sentencing, Santos had slammed federal prosecutors for going easy on violent criminals while trying to make an example out of him.
“I will however remind everyone that they want me to go to prison for 87 months while they let sex traffickers walk freely, they give drug lords slaps on the wrist and most importantly refuse to prosecute the cabal of pedophiles running around in every power structure in the world including the US Government,” he wrote on X.
After being elected to Congress in November 2022, Santos became the most conservative member of his freshman class.
However, allegations about his personal life and past criminal conduct resulted in his expulsion from the chamber less than 12 months after taking office.
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