Nassau Standard

Congressman Anthony D'Esposito (NY-04) has issued a statement following the news that former Congressman George Santos accepted a plea deal in his federal case. D'Esposito's district borders Santos's former district, and he led efforts in Congress to garner bipartisan support for Santos's expulsion from the House of Representatives.

In his statement, D'Esposito said: "Infamous fabulist George Santos was brought to justice today for defrauding the members of the public he was elected to represent, and Santos’s guilty plea further reinforces the fact that my successful bipartisan campaign to expel him from Congress as punishment for his misdeeds was the correct course of action. I will always work to hold frauds in government like George Santos accountable when they betray the public’s trust, regardless of their political affiliation or the politics of the day – because it’s the right thing to do."