Gay pathological liar, former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), begins serving his 6.5-year prison sentence for campaign finance fraud today. In the days leading up to it, he published numerous social media posts in which he admitted that he’s disassociating, thinking about death, and threatening to “bury” any journalist who publicly discloses the prison where he’ll be staying.

“Reporters trying to find out the location I’m surrendering to beware of this,” he warned. “there will be an investigation and whoever your source is in the BOP or Marshals office they will be buried alongside you. That is a promise.” 

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On Monday, he wrote, “It’s an understatement to say that I have started to dissociate.”

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In another post, he wrote, “Politics/Government is dirty and I deeply regret getting so involved.” He also wrote that “some people in government manipulated me and lied to me about [House] Speaker [Mike] Johnson [R-LA].”

Santos wrote that he had been told that New York state Republicans had pressured Johnson into opposing a vacating of his prison sentence. “I lashed out at the speaker for believing what I was told,” he added. “I stand corrected and right now/ today is the perfect time to say the truth and clear that up!”

“I’m not trying to tweet my way out of prison folks,” he wrote in another post. “But I sure as s**t will 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. I’m confident.”

He then wrote, “I’ll be [dying] in prison granted my situation so I don’t want to die and let all this die with me.” Santos has said that he’s worried about being “seriously harmed” in prison by immigrants angered by his anti-immigration rhetoric.

He then claimed that “the leader and organizer” of the fraud that led to his prison sentence was his former campaign treasurer Nancy Marks. Marks pleaded guilty in October 2023 to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government and was sentenced to three years’ probation.

“They pinned me as a ring leader and organizer of the actions that took place in my campaign,” Santos further claimed.

Santos has repeatedly claimed that the trial against him was “politicized” and accused the court of violating his free speech rights by using his old social media posts as justification to give him a 7-year prison sentence, instead of the two-year sentence that his lawyers sought.

His final social media post (though his X account will continue to be updated by friends and family) dramatically said, “Well, darlings… The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed. From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news what a ride it’s been! Was it messy? Always. Glamorous? Occasionally. Honest? I tried… most days. To my supporters: You made this wild political cabaret worth it. To my critics: Thanks for the free press. I may be leaving the stage (for now), but trust me legends never truly exit. Forever fabulously yours, George.” 

Santos has also said that he will flee the United States after he is released from prison around age 44—but his promise is doubtful, considering his long history of lying and breaking promises.

The disgraced former congressman stole and used another man’s checks in his home country of Brazil (and lied about it), appeared in public as a drag queen (and lied about it), lied about extensive parts of his campaign biography while running for office — including about being Jewish — and then professed complete innocence of the charges against him until he accepted a plea deal to avoid more prison time.

What is George Santos guilty of?

Last August, Santos admitted to using campaign funds, another person’s identity, and their credit cards for his own personal benefit. A November 16, 2023, House Ethics Committee report accused Santos of illegally spending campaign funds on luxury goods, OnlyFans subscriptions, and cosmetic Botox treatments. Immediately after, the House voted to expel Santos in a 311-114 vote that included 105 Republicans and surpassing the 290 votes needed for expulsion.

Santos originally faced 23 federal charges of campaign finance fraud, including wire fraud, identity theft, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making materially false statements to both the Federal Election Commission and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Santos has since admitted that he lied about graduating from Baruch College and New York University, working directly for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, and living at a fake address in his congressional district. He provided no additional proof to back up claims that he founded a charity called Friends of Pets, that he lost four employees in the June 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, and that his mother died in connection to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

After his expulsion, Santos began making money creating personalized videos on the Cameo platform. Santos claimed that his largely fake campaign biography — which he previously admitted fabricating due to “stupidity” and “insecurity” — was actually falsified by an unnamed “former campaign staffer.”

“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,” Department of Justice prosecutors wrote in their request for a seven-year prison sentence.

After joining Congress, Santos cosponsored a bill to roll back LGBTQ+ civil rights and one to ban LGBTQ+ books from schools. He also made public statements against transgender people and the so-called “radical rainbow mafia.” Additionally, he said that LGBTQ+ families “create troubled individuals.”

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