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Disgraced Ex-Congressman George Santos Pleads Guilty To Fraud & Other Federal Charges; Lawsuit Vs. Jimmy Kimmel Dismissed
Former GOP Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges and faces a minimum of two years in prison. A sentencing hearing is set for February.
After telling the court that he accepts full responsibility, the disgraced former lawmaker from New York told reporters outside the courthouse that he “allowed ambition to cloud my judgment.” “Pleading guilty is a step I never imagined I’d take, but it’s the right thing to do,” Santo added. He then went out with social media guns blazing, saying the next day that he would make ethics complaints against Republican representatives Nicole Malliotakis for alleged questionable stock trading and Mike Lawler for campaign finance violations. Several TV hosts have had a field day with Santos — from John Oliver and Andy Cohen to Ziwe and of course Kimmel, who called the ex-lawmaker’s lawsuit filed in February “the most preposterous of all time.” Filed in mid-February in New York, the lawsuit alleged: “At the heart of this dispute lies the deliberate deception and wrongful appropriation of the Plaintiff’s digital content by the Defendants, orchestrated through the platform Cameo.com, where celebrities and public figures are meant to connect with their fans through personalized video messages.”
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