A Timeline of George Santos’s Rise and Fall NYT | Top Stories By: Alyce McFadden 18 October 2025 at 07:04 The disgraced former congressman was sentenced to prison, years after his credentials and career began to unravel. Then President Trump commuted his sentence. © Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York TimesGeorge Santos was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison for crimes including wire fraud and identity theft.