Judge agrees to let George Santos spend the summer in the Poconos

Wental Islip, NY – The Poconos are ready to welcome another summer New Yorker: George Santos.

O former congressmanat the moment facing federal fraud chargeswon a bid to make regular visits to the low-key Pennsylvania vacation destination after a judge on Tuesday granted his request to run tours there.

An attorney for Santos last week asked Judge Joanna Seybert if Santos could make weekly trips to Mt. Pocono area, specifically for the town of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Santos’ travel is restricted as a condition of his release pending trial. He is allowed to commute in New York City, Long Island and Washington, D.C., as well as on other trips, as long as he gives the government advance notice, according to court records.

The court filing said Santos had already been allowed to visit the Poconos, but wanted to make weekly trips there this summer without submitting frequent travel requests to the judge.

An attorney for Santos declined to comment on Santos’ summer plans in the Poconos. Reached by text message, Santos declined to say what he was doing in the Poconos, but responded: “Slow news day?”

Santos faces a series of criminal charges, including defrauding donors and lying to Congress. He pleaded not guilty.

Santos was expelled from the House in December after an ethics committee report found “overwhelming evidence” of law violations, making Santos only the sixth member expelled by colleagues in the House’s history.