Former Republican Congressman George Santos on Friday was sentenced to 87 months in prison on federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert, who ordered Santos to pay almost $374,000 in restitution, said he must surrender by July 25th.

“Where is your remorse? Where do I see it?” Seybert asked, according to the Associated Press.

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Seybert handed down the sentence after Santos made a tearful plea for mercy and acknowledged he’d “betrayed the confidence” of his constituents.

The judge did not appear moved by Santos’ sobs. She said doesn’t like sending people to jail, but Santos was “fully deserving” of the lengthy sentence.

Prosecutors had urged Seybert to throw the book at Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, to “reflect the seriousness of Santos’s unparalleled crimes.”

“From his creation of a wholly fictitious biography to his callous theft of money from elderly and impaired donors, Santos’s unrestrained greed and voracious appetite for fame enabled him to exploit the very system by which we select our representatives,” prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum, in which they asked Seybert to sentence him to 87 months in prison.

Prosecutors said that despite his pleading guilty to a pair of felony fraud charges in August — and a teary expression of remorse to news cameras after the proceeding — Santos is “a pathological liar” who isn’t actually remorseful about his actions.

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From the Associated Press:

The New York Republican served in Congress barely a year before his House colleagues ousted him in 2023.

He admitted to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen people, including his family members, to fund his winning campaign. As part of a plea deal, Santos has agreed to pay roughly $580,000 in penalties.

“From the moment he declared his candidacy for Congress, Santos leveraged his campaign for his own enrichment and financial benefit,” U.S. Attorney John Durham, whose office prosecuted the case, said outside court.

The 36-year-old Santos is due to report to prison July 25. He didn’t respond to reporters’ shouted questions outside the courthouse, but he told The Associated Press on Thursday that he was resigned to his fate.

“I’m doing as well as any human being would be doing given the circumstances,” Santos wrote in a text message, adding that he was “ready to face the music.”

Prosecutors sought the 87-month sentence, questioning Santos’ remorse in light of his recent social media posts casting himself as a victim of prosecutorial overreach.