George Santos asks decide to delay sentencing so he can document extra podcasts
NEW YORK – Disgraced former Rep. George Santos is looking for a delay to his February sentencing in order that he can hold making new episodes of his podcast, “Pants on Fireplace with George Santos.”
Again in August, Santos, 36, pleaded responsible to wire fraud and aggravated id theft. He owes the federal government $578,752.92 as per his plea deal. That features $373,749.97 in restitution and $205,002.97 in forfeiture. He’s anticipated to go to jail for a minimum of two years when he’s sentenced, though the decide beforehand mentioned the estimated sentencing vary was between 6-8 years.
In a letter to a decide final Friday, Santos’ attorneys say their shopper is required to pay greater than $200,000 in forfeiture cash 30 days earlier than he’s sentenced. They are saying that, by way of his podcast, Santos “now has a viable path to creating significant progress in satisfying his obligations, requiring solely extra time for the quarterly compensation construction to generate adequate funds.”
They requested the decide to delay his sentencing from Feb. 7 to a Friday in August.
Santos’ attorneys mentioned the podcast was initially meant to launch in September, however because it did not really get off the bottom till December, they’d like extra time to document extra episodes.
Delay “would ship a message that crime pays,” prosecutors say
Prosecutors responded to the request for a delay in sentencing by saying his claims of needing extra time for the podcast to get off the bottom “are facially speculative, and, in any occasion, completely inadequate to warrant such a prolonged adjournment.”
“His request ought to for delay must be denied, and sentencing ought to proceed as scheduled,” they wrote. “A delay to permit Santos to develop his podcast — the title of which is a tone-deaf and unrepentant reference to the crimes he dedicated — is presumptively unreasonable.”
Prosecutors went on to say that Santos has already earned greater than $400,000 from Cameo appearances and $400,000 for taking part in a documentary. All of that is along with his $174,000 wage as a congressman. They took difficulty with a declare he made that he had lower than $1,000 in liquid belongings.
“Permitting Santos to stave off sentencing particularly to monetize his infamy would ship a message that crime pays,” prosecutors wrote. “Delaying sentencing to offer him additional time to develop his podcast listenership would allow Santos to additional use his felony prosecution for private profit.”
