Former Congressman George Santos will soon be headed to prison to start his more than seven-year sentence.
The disgraced New York Republican in April was sentenced to 87 months after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft last summer.
Citing a court filing in the Eastern District of New York, CBS News recently reported Santos is set to surrender to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Friday.
As the day approaches, Santos has been active on social media. One post includes a video of the late Frank Sinatra singing “My Way,” while another entails the “loop of grief” he said he is experiencing.
“It’s not just the pain that wears you down it’s the constant awareness of it. You’re not just hurting, you’re thinking about hurting, living in the loop of your own grief,” he wrote. “Every single day feels like déjà vu of sorrow. I’m not just surviving grief I’m stuck replaying the reality of having to survive it, again and again. The only way out seems to be the inevitable.”
Santos did not elaborate on what he meant by “the only way out.”
In another post, he said he celebrated his 37th birthday Tuesday, adding he had only one wish for the U.S.
“That President Trump upends the swamp and shows the whole world the criminal conspiracy that’s been running the “free world,” he wrote.
“It’s time to nail Obama’s a–!” Santos added, as the Department of Justice confirmed it received a criminal referral on claims Obama administration officials manufactured and politicized intelligence about false Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election.
He also said he is “not trying to tweet my way out of prison,” but intends to “wreak havoc with the truth before then.”
“The next 48hrs I’ll be leaving a bunch out on the field and don’t give a rats a– about it,” he wrote Wednesday in another post. “I’m confident I’ll be buying in prison granted my situation so I don’t want to die and let all this die with me.”
Earlier in July, Santos posted about his mental health, saying he wanted everyone to know he was OK.
“I’m heading to prison, folks and I need you to hear this loud and clear: I’m not suicidal. I’m not depressed. I have no intentions of harming myself, and I will not willingly engage in any sexual activity while I’m in there,” he previously wrote.
“If anything comes out suggesting otherwise, consider it a liefull [sic] stop,” he added. “The statistics around what happens to gay men in BOP custody are horrifying, and that’s exactly why I’m putting this out there now. So if something does happen, there’s no confusion. I did NOT kill myself.”
In reply to the post, one person asked if anyone tried to get him a pardon. Santos wrote back, saying House Speaker Mike Johnson encouraged President Donald Trump to forgo a pardon.
“Speaker Johnson Blocked it,” Santos wrote at the time.
Several others called Santos a liar, saying Johnson doesn’t have the authority to block a presidential pardon.
“Good lie though,” one person wrote.
Others offered well wishes and told him to “be safe” and “be strong.”
Santos was ousted from Congress in late 2023 by his House colleagues after a slew of federal charges and accusations of fabricating his qualifications to voters.
“I betrayed the trust of my constituents and supporters. I deeply regret my conduct,” Santos said as he entered the plea in a New York courtroom. As part of a plea deal, he had agreed to pay around $580,000 in penalties in addition to prison time.
Editor’s note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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