[Editor’s note: The following is an interview with former U.S. Rep. George Santos and his defense attorneys conducted by New York City attorney Cary London.]

When George Santos walked out of federal custody earlier this month, blinking at the cameras like a man emerging from witness protection, many asked: “How is this guy still in the news?”

Just six months earlier, the former congressman from New York’s 3rd District had been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft — the tail end of a saga that included misusing campaign funds, fraudulent unemployment claims, and more aliases than a Netflix con artist. He was ordered to pay $373,000 in restitution and, for a brief moment, seemed destined to spend the rest of the decade as inmate #92471-054.

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