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