Former New York Rep. George Santos is in talks with federal prosecutors in hopes of striking a plea deal, according to court records released Monday. Santos is expected to appear in federal court in central Long Island for a status conference on Tuesday. Prosecutors are also expected to produce more evidence and ask for the potential trial date to be moved from September to either May or June, records show. Asked whether he was going to try to work out a plea deal, Santos told WCBS-TV on Sunday that “a plea is not off the table obviously at this point.”“But we just don’t know that yet,” he added in the interview with WCBS’ Marcia Kramer. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz, Clare Foran, Marshall Cohen, Melanie Zanona Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot contributed to this report.

Source: CNN December 11, 2023 22:41 UTC