NY Attorney David Schwartz Talking to About Former Congressman George Santos Expecting To Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges on CBS 2 NY

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0:00 disgraced former Congressman George 0:01 Santos is expected to plead guilty 0:03 tomorrow in the fraud case against him 0:05 Lisa Rosner has been covering the case 0:07 against Santos even traveling to
0:09 Washington for his historic expulsion 0:11 she has more on what that plea means for 0:13 his case Monday in federal court in 0:15 Central Islip the disgraced ex- New York 0:18 congressman is expected to plead guilty 0:20 to at least some of the 23 counts 0:22 against him which include wire fraud 0:24 money laundering theft of public funds 0:27 making false statements to the Federal 0:28 Election Commission and identity theft 0:31 certainly is not in the Public's benefit 0:33 to go through that whole Terin to me the 0:36
sooner he's gone the better Jody cfle 0:38 led a citizen group to Washington to OU 0:40 Santos from his seat he shouldn't get a 0:43 plea deal Sunday finle wrote prosecutors 0:45 her group Demands a full trial to reveal 0:47 the extent of Mr Santos crimes against 0:50 New York District 3 following his 0:52 election in 2022 Santos was accused of a 0:55 Litany of Lies including graduating from 0:57 Baro college and New York University 1:00 being a descendant of Holocaust 1:01 Survivors and working at Goldman Sachs 1:04 the night before Congress voted to expel 1:06 him I asked why are you still in office 1:08 so these are allegations that I am not 1:12 at this time prepared or able to have 1:15 those discussions over the weekend by 1:17 phone he told Marsha Kramer he'll be in 1:19 court Monday but when she asked if he's 1:21 taking a plea deal he said he couldn't 1:22 talk about it David Schwarz is a new 1:24 york-based criminal defense attorney one
1:27 thing for certain he will be getting a 1:29 lot less of a harsh sentence by pleading 1:33 guilty right now by accepting 1:36 responsibility and being remorseful than 1:38 he would have if he gone if he went to 1:40 trial if convicted on all counts 1:42 according to sentencing guidelines 1:44 Santos would have faced up to 20 years 1:46 in jail the judge though does not have 1:48 to rely on that guidance in fact he 1:51 doesn't even need to accept a plea deal 1:54 but legal experts tell me that would be 1:56 rare Lisa Rosner CBS News New York and