George Santos Sentencing Post-Mortem

On Friday, April 25, George Santos learned his fate, at his fraud sentencing in federal court. He had two years since his indictment to walk the walk, demonstrate extreme remorse and acceptance, and take meaningful steps to address the problems that got him here and convince a judge he wouldn’t make the same mistakes again.

But the government painted him as an unrepentant fraudster who was bound to reoffend, and the judge agreed, giving him a sentence at the very high-end of the guidelines.

Therefore, Mark Allenbaugh and I went live on YouTube to conduct one of our world-famous “sentencing post-mortems” to break down the good, the bad and the ugly of the George Santos sentencing.

 

IN THIS EPISODE:

• A "cameo" introduction, and ringing endorsement from George Santos himself;
• A word about the FBI’s arrest of Milwaukee Judge Hanna Dugan;
• The perfect tequila pairing for this podcast:  Santo Tequila;
• The accuracy of our predictions from our first Santos Podcast two years ago;
• What we can learn as defense lawyers (and clients) about the George Santos sentencing.

LINKS:

Our first take on George Santos indictment from two years ago:  https://setforsentencing.com/podcast/george-santos/

Hannah Dugan Federal Criminal Complaint:  The arrest of a judge is yet another signal of our rapid decent into fascism.  Attacking the judiciary is a standard play in the authoritarian handbook.  Pay attention. 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wied.111629/gov.uscourts.wied.111629.1.0.pdf