Federal prosecutors wanted Mr. Santos, whose pattern of lies and fraud led to his expulsion from Congress, to receive a lengthy sentence to “protect the public” from future fraud.

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and theft, was elected to Congress in 2022 but soon came under fire for lying about his life story.

George Santos was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison -- the maximum he faced -- on Friday after pleading guilty to a series of fraudulent schemes. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert sentenced him to 87 months in prison,