2025-04-25
8 分钟Thank you. From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.
I'm Katherine Porter.
Today's Friday, April 25th.
Here's what we're covering.
Today in New York, George Santos,
the disgraced former congressman with a reputation for lying, will be sentenced.
Santos pleaded guilty last year to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after stealing campaign funds from donors.
His actions first came under scrutiny after The Times revealed he'd fabricated almost his whole life story,
lying about everything from his education to his work history and even claiming to be of Jewish descent.
He's one of only six congressmen in the country's history to have been expelled.
His colleagues voted him out as damning accusations piled up,
including that he used some of the stolen funds to buy himself Botox and designer clothes.
Santos faces a minimum of two years in prison,
though prosecutors are asking for just over seven years,
saying that's necessary to protect the public from being defrauded by Santos again.
Since being kicked out of office, Santos tried to capitalize on his infamous name,
selling personalized videos on the website Cameo, working on a documentary about himself,
and starting a podcast called pants on fire.
I honestly don't know how to not be myself.
I have a larger-than-life personality.