George Santos set for federal fraud trial appearance on Monday. Here’s the latest on a possible plea deal.

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George Santos set for federal ****** trial appearance on Monday. Here’s the latest on a possible plea deal.

Former Congressman George Santos expected to plead guilty to some ****** charges Monday

Former Congressman George Santos expected to plead guilty to some ****** charges Monday

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NEW YORK — Disgraced former Congressman George Santos is expected to plead guilty Monday in federal court on Long Island to some of the 23 counts against him in his ****** case.

The counts include wire ******, money laundering, theft of public funds, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and identity theft.

“Certainly, it’s not in the public’s benefit to go through that whole charade,” former Long Island *********** Rep. Peter King said. “To me, the sooner he’s gone, the better.”

Penalty in plea deal likely to be less severe, attorney says  

Following his election in 2022, Santos was accused of a litany of ***** including graduating from Baruch College and New York University, being a descendant of Holocaust survivors and working at Goldman Sachs.

The night before Congress voted to expel him last December, CBS News New York asked “Why are you still in office?” and Santos replied, “These are allegations that I am not at this time prepared or able to have those discussions.”

Over the weekend by phone, Santos told CBS News New York’s Marcia Kramer he’ll be in court Monday but when she asked if he’s taking a plea deal, he said he couldn’t talk about it.

David Schwartz is a New York-based ********* defense attorney.

“One thing for certain, he will be getting a lot less of a harsh sentence by pleading guilty right now, by accepting responsibility and being remorseful, than he would have if he went to trial,” Schwartz said.

If convicted on all counts, according to sentencing guidelines, Santos would have faced up to 20 years behind bars. However, the judge does not have to rely on that guidance. In fact, he doesn’t even need to accept the plea deal, although CBS News New York was told by legal experts that is rare.

Concerns Citizens of NY-03 concerned about plea deal  

Jodi Kass Finkel led the group Concerned Citizens of NY-03 to Washington to oust Santos from his seat. The group’s name refers to the congressional district Santos represented — the third.

“He shouldn’t get a plea deal,” Finkel said.

On Sunday, Finkel’s group wrote prosecutors saying it “demands a full trial to reveal the extent of Mr. Santos’s ******* against N.Y.-03. Indeed, the public deserves to know how a travesty of this magnitude could have happened at the highest level of government.”

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Lisa Rozner joined CBS News New York in 2017. She covers a wide range of stories.

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