Prosecutors Want Santos Sentencing To Go Forward Next Month: US Atty.

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY—The federal prosecutors want the sentence for George Santos to go forward as scheduled next month.

The disgraced former congressman is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 7 following a guilty plea last summer to fraud, campaign finance and embezzlement charges.

Santos' lawyers want a six-month delay for their client to earn some money toward the $600,000 owed in restitution and forfeiture, ABC7 said.

"Allowing Santos to stave off sentencing specifically to monetize his infamy would send a message to the public that crime pays," U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Breon Peace wrote a letter on Tuesday to Judge Joanna Seybert.

Peace said the Court should hold Santos "accountable like any other American that breaks the law and move expeditiously to sentencing."

There wasn't a specific timetable for the judge to respond to Peace's letter, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office said.