Ex-Rep. George Santos sobs after sentencing handed out in corruption case

Sometimes actions have consequences for politicians

Notorious serial liar George Santos — the disgraced former congressman who scammed donors to fuel his winning campaign — broke down into sobs Friday as he learned his fate in a sprawling federal corruption case. The wayward, openly gay ex-Long Island pol, exposed for fibbing about much of his life story, was sentenced to seven years and three months behind bars by Central Islip federal court Judge Joanna Seybert.

“Everyone hates George Santos,” his defense attorney, Robert Fantone Jr., pleaded for leniency. “Everyone’s got flaws, but he’s got more than the rest of us.” Fantone argued Santos’ reputation was already so trashed he’d pay for it his whole life.

Santos, ordered to cough up $373,000 in restitution, wept as he told the judge he’d learned his lesson. “I betrayed the confidence instilled in me by my constituents,” he said. But Seybert wasn’t buying it. “Where is the remorse?” she snapped. “I have searched in vain … but I can’t find a reason to be lenient.”

The 36-year-old pleaded guilty in August to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, admitting he defrauded donors and used the names of dozens — including family and friends — to falsely inflate his contributor count. Santos, who served less than a year in the House repping parts of Queens and Nassau County until his historic expulsion in December 2023, now hawks $100 personalized videos on Cameo. He posted “Soon” with prayer hand emojis on X hours before sentencing but dodged reporters at court.
Prosecutors pushed for the max seven years, citing Santos’ lack of genuine remorse, including X posts calling himself a “scapegoat” and blasting the Department of Justice. His lawyers countered he was “profoundly sorry,” claiming he was just upset over the harsh sentencing recommendation.

US Attorney John Durham didn’t hold back outside court, blasting Santos’ “disgraceful and greedy conduct.” “Santos’ blatant corruption is an affront to our electoral process,” Durham said, praising Seybert’s 87-month sentence.

Navy veteran Richard Osthoff, who accused Santos of stealing thousands from a fundraiser for his sick dog, called the ex-rep’s tears “crocodile tears.” “That wasn’t real. He’s not remorseful,” Osthoff sneered. “Have fun, George.”

Santos’ lies unraveled after his 2022 election, with fabrications about graduating from NYU and Baruch College and working at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs — none of it true. A 23-count indictment in May 2023 accused him of laundering campaign funds, lying to Congress about his wealth, collecting unemployment while employed, and splurging on designer clothes, Botox, and luxe vacations. His former treasurer, Nancy Marks, pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy and faces sentencing next month, with prosecutors eyeing three-and-a-half to four years for her.

Santos, who must surrender July 25, requested a northeast prison but was denied protective custody by Seybert, who saw no evidence he needed it. In a Tuesday NY1 interview, he admitted he can’t afford the restitution and fears for his safety in prison. Tough luck, George — the Ferragamo-wearing fibber’s finally facing the music.

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Harvard settles anti-Semitism lawsuits and makes promise

Harvard University has settled two lawsuits about antisemitism that were put together by a federal judge in November 2024. These lawsuits obviously made Harvard look bad and suggested that Ivy League schools might be places where anti-Jewish hatred and support for terrorism are growing.

As reported earlier by Jewish outlet The Algemeiner, Harvard was hit with two separate lawsuits in 2024. One was from the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, which claimed that Harvard didn't punish a professor who mistreated Israeli-Jewish students, even after an outside investigation confirmed it. This, they said, broke federal civil rights laws. The other lawsuit came from Students Against Antisemitism (SAA), who argued that Harvard didn't do enough to stop a wave of antisemitic actions on campus, like harassment and hate speech.

Initially, Harvard tried to get the lawsuits dismissed in court, arguing that the claims "lacked standing" and didn't hold up legally, all while stating, "the importance of the need to address antisemitism at the university," according to court documents.

With the settlement, which came just one day after President Donald Trump's inauguration — who promised to tax universities where antisemitism is widespread — Harvard avoids a long legal battle that the Jewish community might have seen as a refusal to acknowledge the discrimination faced by Jewish students.

“Today’s settlement reflects Harvard’s enduring commitment to ensuring our Jewish students, faculty, and staff are embraced, respected, and supported,” Harvard stated in a press release. “We will continue to strengthen our policies, systems, and operations to combat antisemitism and all forms of hate and ensure all members of the Harvard community have the support they need to pursue their academic, research, and professional work and feel they belong on our campus and in our classrooms.”

According to the agreement, Harvard will use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in its non-discrimination and anti-bullying policies (NDAB), recognize Zionism as central to Jewish identity, and clearly state that targeting someone because of their Zionism violates school rules.

The Harvard Crimson reported that one plaintiff, Shabbos Kestenbaum, has decided not to join the settlement and is seeking his own legal action with a new lawyer.

All other involved parties praised the case's outcome as a step forward.

“We are heartened that Harvard has agreed to take numerous important steps necessary to creating a welcoming environment free from anti-Semitic hate, discrimination, and harassment,” Brandeis Center chairman Kenneth Marcus said in a statement about the settlement. “We thank those within Harvard, including administrators, faculty, students, and alumni, who have worked tirelessly to achieve this result. In turn, we look forward to working with Harvard on the important work in this agreement to ensure that the rights of all students are protected.”

SAA attorney Marc Kasowtiz told Reuters, “These measures are going to be very, very protective of the interests and rights of Jewish students on the Harvard campus.”

Harvard isn't the first elite school to settle such a claim by Jewish students.

In June, Columbia University settled a lawsuit where it was accused of failing to provide a safe learning environment during rowdy pro-Hamas protests at the end of the school year. The settlement included hiring "Safe Passage Liaisons" to watch over protests and "walking escorts" to protect students. Other parts of the agreement offered "accommodations" for students whose studies were affected by protests and new security measures for controlling who enters the school.

In July, New York University (NYU) settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount after three students claimed the university was "deliberately indifferent" to antisemitic discrimination. Like Harvard, NYU agreed to formally acknowledge Zionism as part of Jewish identity.

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Israeli Defense Forces eliminated only 20% to 30% of Hamassholes

A Major Hamasshole Pastime

It looks like Israel has only eliminated between 20 and 30 percent of violent Hamasshole terrorists in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. 

More needs to be done.

While the neutralizing of the Hamas anti-Semites make Harvard, UPenn, NYU, and MIT students [among many others] angry, it also makes a clear statement: Jews are not so easy to f*** with anymore. They will not march into the gas chambers without a fight. They will not stand by when the Jewish State is mercilessly attacked, their children murdered, beheaded, burned or taken hostage, raped, or mutilated, their women and men slaughtered merely for being Jewish.

But the anti-Semites are calling for a ceasefire by Israel, not so much for Hamas to do the same. The Jew-haters are claiming Israel is committing genocide in spite of the amazing growth of the people of Gaza from several hundred thousand to several million, while the Jewish populations across the Middle East has practically reached zero.

It's estimated that Hamas' numbers were about 30,000 terrorists. Last week, the IDF reported that about 9,000 of them had been killed.

It's a good start.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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"Miss NYU Hamas" suspended for tearing down Israeli hostage posters

She bears a striking resemblance to a woman named Rashida, but with less lipstick

An New York University student terrorist supporter who was suspended after being caught tearing down posters of Hamas' Israeli hostages came up with woke talking points saying the school suspended her because she was pressured by "people with wealth and power." It's not clear if by successful people that she was referring to, you know, the Joooze.

Freshman student terrorist supporter, Hafiza Khalique, claimed to BreakThrough News that she lost her scholarship [after she tore down posters of hostages that included adults of all ages, male and female, and children, including babies] and no longer has access to on- or off-campus housing and without "any higher education until fall 2024." So one can say she's on a "jihad break" for now.

Khalique was among one of three pro-Hamassholes who were video recorded in October outside NYU's Stern School of Business, ripping down the posters of, you know, those Joooze who stole the land from the Palestinians, who weren't actually Palestinians until November 15, 1988, while the Jews have been indigenous to Israel for several thousand years.

The hostage photos was part of an awareness campaign that began with New York-based Israeli street artists. The posters displayed the names and photos of about 240 people abducted in Israel by Hamas on October 7. On that day, the Hamassholes killed about 1,200 mostly innocent civilians.

"It was never about what was on the posters," the Muslima Khalique explained in the on-camera interview.

"It was about the message that the posters sent and they are used to justify the genocide that's happening in Gaza right now." She wasn't actually referring to the actual genocide that was actually perpetrated on, you know, those Joooze; she was implying that Israel was committing genocide on the so called Palestinians, which merely shows that she is history-challenged. 

Khalique said under the terms of her suspension, she is prohibited from attending on-campus and off-campus events and from participating in student organizations in clubs. 

She is also unable to afford off-campus housing in New York City, she said.

But the poor Jew-hater need not worry. Once this all blows over and the school thinks nobody is paying attention, they will probably reinstate her.

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Anti-Zionist, Pro-Palestinian 'Eviction' Fliers Distributed to NYU Students

A group calling itself Students for Justice in Palestine at NYU is being "investigated" after they distributed false eviction notices at NYU's Palladium and Lafayette Dormitories, dorm that are populated by many Jewish students. I used scare quotes around the word 'investigated' because generally speaking, people are too scared to honestly investigate Islamic hatred and bigotry.

The group's leaders said they slipped over 2,000 Eviction Notice fliers under the doors at the two largest dorms, allegedly to "heighten awareness of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The co-president of this low-information group, Shafeka Hashash claimed that the fliers "are very, very obviously fake looking" and further claimed that the group was targeting Jewish students. One wonders if she might have been using taqiyya, the right for Muslims to lie for the benefit of Islam, and was able to do this with a clear conscience because the Islamic "holy" book refers to Jews and Christians as "apes and pigs." I used scare quotes around the word 'holy' for obvious reasons.

Brooklyn Assemblyman, Dov Hikind said the action showed "pure hate," and Laura Adkins, the vice president of TorchPac, a pro-Israel student group, said that the fliers were inaccurate and created a "hostile campus environment." The semi-useless Anti-Defamation League said they were an "unsettling intrusion." But John Beckman said that anonymously slipping the fliers under the doors of students "is not an invitation to thoughtful, open discussion."

No kidding.

Emad Rajeh, president of the pro-Palestinian group said the fliers were designated to resemble the eviction notices that Palestinians get before their houses are demolished. He made no mention of the Jewish houses that are rocketed and bombed, nor of the "Palestinians" who sneak into Israel and kill families in their beds, children and babies included. I used scare quotes around the word 'Palestinians' because there was never a country known as Palestine.

Ms. Adkins said, "Sneaking around in the dark of night and breaking NYU housing policy by distributing unapproved (fliers) bearing anti-Semitic language, as well as cherry-picking "facts" is no way to launch an education campaign. I suspect she used scare quotes around the word 'facts' because taqiyya doesn't require them to make their point.

One fact is that Muslims have hated Jews since Muhammad had his first sip of camel urine, married a 9 year old child named Ayisha, beheaded between 600 and 900 Jews of the Qurayish tribe, and even killed a pregnant woman.

The saying that: "Islam is a religion of peace" is an oxymoron.

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