Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who was expelled from the House amid an extensive lying scandal and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, was sentenced to 87 months in prison Friday, multiple outlets reported.

In a Justice Department filing from April 17, U.S. Attorney John J. Durham asked for a lengthy sentence for Santos, arguing that his "unrepentant" social media posts about his legal issues proved that he deserves a “significant carceral sentence.”

A federal judge in New York sentenced former Rep. George Santos to over seven years in prison Friday. Prosecutors had urged U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert to throw the book at Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman,