Former GOP Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty on Monday to multiple charges related to campaign finance fraud, less than a month from when his trial was set to begin, two sources familiar with the matter tell NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The disgraced former lawmaker faces a 23-count superseding indictment<\/a> in the Eastern District of New York, including charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The superseding indictment is an addition to a 13-count federal indictment <\/a>on charges of wire fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds that Santos was hit with in May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Santos had previously pleaded not guilty to all charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A lawyer for Santos did not return NBC News\u2019 requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Negotiations<\/a> for a plea deal were already taking place late last year, months after Santos\u2019 indictment, and after a September 2024 trial date had already been set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time, Santos\u00a0told a CBS New York reporter<\/a>\u00a0that a plea deal was \u201cnot off the table, obviously, at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A hearing for the guilty plea is scheduled in federal court for Monday at 3 p.m. The expected plea was first reported<\/a> by Talking Points Memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A spokesperson for the FBI and a spokesperson for the Eastern District of New York\u2019s U.S. attorney declined to comment to NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Santos was elected in 2022, when he flipped a Long Island, New York, congressional seat from Democratic to Republican, helping cement a narrow GOP majority in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just a few weeks before the start of his term, The New York Times revealed that Santos had lied <\/a>ab<\/a>o<\/a>ut o<\/a>r embellished<\/a> certain parts of his resume and personal history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In December 2023, over two-thirds of Santos\u2019 House colleagues voted to expel him from Congress, formally removing him<\/a> from his congressional seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n