{"id":2022532,"date":"2023-09-05T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-raises-santos-plea-deal-speculation-with-hearing-delay-request\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:41:34","slug":"doj-raises-santos-plea-deal-speculation-with-hearing-delay-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-raises-santos-plea-deal-speculation-with-hearing-delay-request\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ&#8217;s request for hearing delay fuels speculation on Santos plea deal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-raises-santos-plea-deal-speculation-with-hearing-delay-request%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022532&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Department of Justice Seeks Delay in Rep. \u2063George Santos&#8217;s \u2064Criminal Case<\/h2>\n<p>The Department \u2062of \u2062Justice has requested\u2062 a delay in the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-l-a-d-a-s-husband-who-pulled-a-gun-on-a-blm-leader-requests-diversion-to-avoid-jail\/\" title=\"Former L.A. D.A.\u2019s Husband Who Pulled A Gun On A BLM Leader Requests Diversion To Avoid Jail\">upcoming hearing<\/a> for Rep. George Santos&#8217;s criminal case, sparking speculation of a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fiat-chrysler-to-pay-30m-settlement-linked-to-racketeering-scandal\/\" title=\"Fiat Chrysler to pay M settlement linked to racketeering scandal\">plea deal<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">parties involved<\/a> are \u2064currently engaged in discussions\u200c about\u200c &#8220;possible paths forward,&#8221; as stated in a letter filed by the DOJ on Tuesday. As a result, they have requested that the status \u2062conference be rescheduled\u2062 to October 27.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawmakers Return to Capitol Hill with a \u200bTicking Clock and a\u2062 Hefty To-Do \u2062List<\/h3>\n<p>Although \u200bSantos has previously stated\u200d his refusal \u200bto accept any \u2064plea deal, he \u2063recently hinted at\u2064 a potential change\u200c of heart\u2063 during an interview with NewsNation. When asked about the possibility, he\u200b responded,\u200b &#8220;I&#8217;m not making any assertions right now. Like I said earlier, right now the answer is &#8216;no,&#8217; but you just never know what \u200clife is\u200b going to\u2062 come at \u200cyou.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Santos is currently facing 13 charges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-democratic-california-rep-tj-cox-indicted-for-fraud-faces-up-to-55-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Former Democratic California Rep. TJ Cox Indicted For Fraud, Faces Up To 55 Years In Prison\">including wire fraud<\/a>, money laundering, theft of public funds, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">making false statements<\/a>\u200c to the House of Representatives. Despite\u2063 the charges, he has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>On X, the\u2064 social platform formerly known as Twitter, Santos appeared to dismiss \u200dthe\u2064 assumptions surrounding\u200d his \u2062case.\u2062 In a \u2062post, he shared the word of the day: &#8220;Speculation,&#8221; defining it as &#8220;the forming of a\u200b theory or conjecture without firm evidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A\u200c spokesperson for\u2063 Santos has not yet responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more \u2064from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DOJ requested a delay for Rep. George Santos&#8217;s criminal case, citing ongoing discussions and hinting at a potential plea deal. Despite Santos&#8217;s previous refusal to accept any plea deal, the DOJ&#8217;s letter suggests a change in his stance. Thursday&#8217;s hearing is now under speculation due to these developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}