The former Republican congressman criticized the judge’s sentence on social media and called on President Donald Trump to intervene.

Federal prosecutors had said Mr. Santos, whose pattern of lies and fraud led to his expulsion from Congress, should receive a lengthy sentence to “protect the public” from future fraud.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.