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. Just in: George Santos has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraud pic.twitter.com/t3VKmk7WOO — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) April 25, 2025 NBC News reports: 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. BREAKING: Former GOP Rep. George Santos sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft. pic.twitter.com/y8Llx7e3u0 — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) April 25, 2025 BREAKING: Former GOP Congressman George Santos sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft – AP pic.twitter.com/tTt2oO7tqZ — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 25, 2025 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.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised an overhaul of military physical fitness standards — and accountability to ensure that those standards are met — in an X post on Friday, declaring that on his watch, service members would be “FIT, not FAT!” Hegseth was responding to a Military Times report published Thursday revealing that the overwhelming majority — more than two-thirds — of reserve troops did not meet the prescribed weight standards. “Completely unacceptable. This is what happens when standards are IGNORED — and this is what we are changing. REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT,” Hegseth declared in an X post, noting that part of the problem was the fact that even the existing standards were not being enforced. Completely unacceptable. This is what happens when standards are IGNORED — and this is what we are changing. REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT. pic.twitter.com/KWMlFbS1c8 — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) April 25, 2025 Citing a new study released earlier this week by the American Security Project (ASP), The Military Times reported that an estimated 68% of National Guard and reserve troops would be classified as either overweight or obese. The problem was slightly more pronounced among National Guard members, where some 21% of all personnel are estimated to be obese. The ASP noted in the study that a large percentage of Active Duty service members are also considered to be overweight or obese. But because National Guard and reserve service members serve and train on a part time basis, enforcing physical fitness standards can be a much more complicated issue than when dealing with those serving in an active duty capacity — but the risks, in addition to the impacts on military readiness, remain high. “These service members experience heightened risk for a wide variety of serious health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis, which may lead to life-threatening health events such as stroke and heart failure,” the ASP report stated. Hegseth has stated repeatedly that his main goal is to restore the United States military’s reputation as the most lethal fighting force on the planet, and as such, he plans to overhaul and enforce fitness standards that will bring about that end.