Santos Claims He Won’t Seek Pardon From Trump

The New York Times reports:

George Santos is facing his sentencing on Friday with little of his former flair. “Right now, my expectation is I’m going to prison for 87 months,” he said flatly when reached by phone on Wednesday. “I’m totally resigned.” Gone was the pugnacious rhetoric and quick wit that became part of his mystique as he lied his way to Congress, his deceits leading to criminal fraud and a guilty plea. Instead, Mr. Santos was disconsolate and bitter. “I came to this world alone. I will deal with it alone, and I will go out alone,” he said.

And while continued to push back on the notion that he had led schemes that helped in part to elect him to Congress, he said that he accepted that he was guilty. So guilty, in fact, that he said he would not be seeking a pardon, or any special treatment from President Trump and his DOJ.

“The president knows my predicament. It’s not like it’s a secret,” he said in an interview. “If the president thinks I’m worthy of any level of clemency that is bestowed upon him, he can go ahead and do it, but for me to seek a pardon is to deny accountability and responsibility.”

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