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The long, winding saga of George Santos is finally coming to an end.

The infamous former representative is set to report to federal prison on Friday to start serving his more than seven-year sentence on charges for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a plea deal set into motion last summer.

But Santos began his farewell to the political scene days earlier and in typical fashion. On Wednesday, the ex-representative shared a clip of Frank Sinatra singing his classic standard “My Way” featuring its iconic opening lines, “And now the end is near / and so I face the final curtain.”

The next day, Santos wrote a more detailed good-bye, addressing his tumultuous time in Congress as well as his critics. “Well, darlings…The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed. From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news what a ride it’s been! Was it messy? Always. Glamorous? Occasionally. Honest? I tried… most days,” Santos wrote on X on Thursday.

He continued, “To my supporters: You made this wild political cabaret worth it. To my critics: Thanks for the free press. I may be leaving the stage (for now), but trust me legends never truly exit.”

Well, darlings…The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed.From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news what a ride it’s been! Was it messy? Always. Glamorous? Occasionally. Honest? I tried… most days.To my supporters: You made this wild… pic.twitter.com/BKhoMJnTtm

— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) July 24, 2025

It was in 2022 when Santos, a political neophyte, won an open House seat spanning parts of Queens and Long Island. But the representative’s story would soon unravel as news outlets began to find discrepancies in his educational and work histories as well as inconsistencies in his financial disclosures. By 2023, federal prosecutors would move to indict Santos, alleging he defrauded his own political supporters by directing their financial contributions to his own bank accounts, which he later used for personal expenses like paying down debts and purchasing designer clothing. Santos was also accused of fraudulently applying for pandemic unemployment benefits despite being ineligible. Months later, prosecutors would file a superseding indictment against the representative, alleging Santos falsified his campaign financial filings in order to qualify for assistance from a national Republican Party program as well as stole the credit-card information of donors to make unapproved contributions in their names without their knowledge.

Santos would later be expelled from the House, a rarity in modern politics, following an explosive report from the Ethics Committee and the indictment. When Santos was set to stand trial last year, he faced 23 counts that ranged from wire fraud to money laundering to making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. But the representative would move to plead guilty and was later sentenced to 87 months in prison.

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