Ex-Rep. George Santos is once again coming face-to-face with his own worst enemy—himself.
Lawyers for the truth-challenged former New York lawmaker asked the judge in his fraud case to yank the “confidential” label off material they call “highly exculpatory” that the government produced in the case, arguing that not letting Santos talk about it publicly would violate “his First Amendment right to offer brief insight into his defense.”
The government dismissed the defense’s suggestion this material would “exonerate,” and practically laughed at the argument that the automatic confidentiality that both sides in the court fight previously agreed to has in any way constrained the Republican’s right to free expression.
