NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced former congressman George Santos has won a few months’ freedom from federal prison in order to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines. A New York judge on Wednesday granted the Republican’s request to delay his Feb. 7 sentencing after he pleaded guilty this summer to fraud and identity theft charges. U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert set the new court date for April 25, which is about three months less than Santos sought. She called the delay a “one-time courtesy” granted in the interest of justice. Prosecutors and Santos’ lawyers didn’t immediately comment.
