Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than half a million dollars in fines by making more episodes of his recently launched podcast “Pants on Fire.

Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than $500,000 in fines with revenue from a new pod

Former Rep. George Santos has leveraged his criminal notoriety into a nearly million-dollar windfall, with more than $400,000 in Cameo appearances, another $400,000 to participate in a documentary, according to court filings.

George Santos is slated to receive his sentence on Feb. 7, but Santos's podcast Pants on Fire will need at least until August to earn the needed profit.