Disgraced former congressman George Santos said on Monday he has given up hope of getting a presidential pardon from Donald Trump and accepted he will go to prison for seven years for campaign-related crimes.
In a social media post, Santos said that even though he "initially considered the prospect of petitioning the president with a pardon application," he will no longer pursue it. "I will not spend the last 61 days I have of life scrambling on how to get past a bunch of guard dogs," Santos added.
