George Santos Defends Social Media Tirade To Federal Judge Set To Sentence Prison Him For Fraud

George Santos is defending his recent social media tirade to a federal judge who will be sentencing the disgraced former New York congressman later this week on fraud charges.

In a lengthy letter ahead of the Friday court date, Santos, 36, said he remains "profoundly sorry" for his crimes but protests that the seven-year prison sentence sought by prosecutors as "ridiculous" and overly harsh.

"Every sunrise since that plea has carried the same realization: I did this, me. I am responsible," wrote the former Republican lawmaker, who pleaded guilty last summer. "But saying I'm sorry doesn't require me to sit quietly while these prosecutors try to drop an anvil on my head."

Prosecutors, in a filing last week , argued Santos "remains unrepentant" and has not shown genuine remorse, as his lawyers have claimed in their own filing seeking a lighter, two-year prison stint.

They cited a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, in which he disparaged the U.S. Department of Justice as a "cabal of pedophiles" and cast himself as a victim of prosecutorial overreach.