Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said he’s prepared to receive the maximum 87-month prison sentence that prosecutors are seeking when he appears for his sentencing on Friday, but said he hopes the judge extends him some grace.

“Right now, my expectation is I’m going to prison for 87 months,” Santos said in a phone interview with The New York Times on Wednesday. “I’m totally resigned.”

“I came to this world alone. I will deal with it alone, and I will go out alone,” he added.

In an OANN interview Thursday with former congressman-turned-host Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Santos discussed his expectations for the sentencing hearing Friday.

“What I hope happens tomorrow is that the judge is fair, balanced,........

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