Santos pleaded guilty in August to fraud charges, admitting to a series of schemes as he ran for elected office, including submitting fraudulent campaign finance reports and stealing from his donors’...

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos is expected to begin serving a seven-year prison sentence on Friday for the fraud charges that got him ousted from Congress.

In April, a federal judge declined to give Santos a lighter two-year sentence that he sought, saying she was unconvinced he was truly remorseful.