A judge has denied an attempt by disgraced gay former U.S. House Rep.George Santos(R-NY) to delay his sentencing for federal fraud charges. Santos who became infamous for lying about his biography and using campaign funds for lavish personal finances before Republicans kicked him out of the House in December 2023 said he needed more time to pay criminal fines using earnings from his recently launched podcast, Pants on Fire with George Santos.Santos wanted to delay his sentencing originally scheduled to occur next month until August to give him more time to pay off the $205,000 he owes in forfeiture 30 days before his sentencing hearing after pleading guilty last August to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert only allowed the sentencing to be delayed until April 25, noting that he hasnt made any payments toward the amount he owes despite his promises and predictions since pleading guilty. Related George Santos tried to sue Jimmy Kimmel. A federal judge just threw his case out. This comes after Santos pled guilty to criminal charges. In recent court hearings, Santos lawyers argued that he deserved a delay in sentencing now that he has a viable path to pay the fine through the promising revenue stream of his podcast which was launched just last month, The Hill reported. Stay connected to your community Connect with the issues and events that impact your community at home and beyond by subscribing to our newsletter. Subscribe to our Newsletter today However, prosecutors argued that Santos had sufficient time to secure the funds to pay his $205,000 fine since pleading guilty. They called his claims of being able to pay the fines through his podcast speculative and said that delaying sentencing could set a perverse incentive structure that rewards famous defendants. Despite this, Judge Seybertsaid shed delay his sentencing as a one-time courtesy.In August, Santos admitted to using another persons identity and credit cards as well as campaign funds for his own personal benefit. He originally faced23 federal charges of campaign finance fraudincluding wire fraud, identity theft, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making materially false statements to both the Federal Election Commission and the U.S. House of Representatives. He initially pleaded not guiltyto all charges, calling them a baseless witch hunt, but later accepted a plea deal to avoida public weeks-long trial and possible decades in prison time.In addition to that fine, he owes an additional $375,000 in restitution and could face up to eight years in prison for his criminal misdealings.Its clear to me now that I allowed ambition to cloud my judgment, leading me to make decisions that were unethical and guilty, Santos said outside the courthouse after pleading guilty. Pleading guilty is a step I never imagined Id take, but it is a necessary one because it is the right thing to do. Its not only a recognition of my misrepresentations to others, but more profoundly, it is my own recognition of the lies I told myself over these past years. On November 16, 2023, the House Ethics Committee issued a reportaccusing Santos of illegally spending campaign fundson luxury goods, OnlyFans subscriptions, and cosmetic Botox treatments. Immediately after, the Housevoted to expel Santos in a 311-114 voteAfter his expulsion, Santos began making moneycreating personalized videos on the Cameo platform. Santos claimed that his largely fake campaign biography which hepreviously admitted fabricatingdue to stupidity and insecurity was actually falsified by an unnamed former campaign staffer.Santos has provided no proof to back up his previous biographical claims that his grandparents escaped the Holocaust, that he attended the Horace Mann preparatory school, that his mother died in connection to the September 11th terrorist attacks, or that he lost four employees in the June 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. Santos was part ofRios drag scene in the late 2000s(despite initially claiming that he was never a drag queen). He also deniedan accusation of check fraudin Brazil butlater formally confessed to it. Some have questionedwhether he married his ex-wife just so that she could obtain U.S. citizenship.After joining Congress, Santoscosponsored a bill to roll back LGBTQ+ civil rightsand one toban LGBTQ+ books from schools. He also made public statementsagainst transgender peopleand the so-calledradical rainbow mafia.Additionally, he said thatLGBTQ+ families create troubled individuals.Santos said last March that he would leave the Republican Party to run for congressional re-election as an independent in New Yorks 1st District. However, hedropped this plan last April, saying that he didnt want to pull away votes from the districts Republican incumbent.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.