Notorious serial liar George Santos — the disgraced former congressman who scammed donors to fund his winning campaign — broke down in sobs as he was sentenced to prison Friday in his sprawling federal corruption case.

The wayward, openly-gay ex-Long Island pol, who was exposed for fibbing about much of his life story, was hit with seven years and three months behind bars by Central Islip federal court Judge Joanna Seybert.

“Everyone hates George Santos,” his defense attorney, Robert Fantone Jr., said as he asked Seybert for leniency. “Everyone’s got flaws but he’s got more than the rest of us.”

Fantone said his client had already taken such a hit to his reputation that he’d be paying for his whole life.

Santos, who must also fork over $373,000 in restitution as part of the sentence, wept as he promised the judge that he’d learned his lesson and would live a better life.

“I betrayed the confidence instilled in me by my constituents,” he said.

But the judge didn’t buy it — and scolded Santos before slapping him with the hefty sentence. 

“Where is the remorse?” Seybert said. “I have searched in vain … but I can’t find a reason to be lenient.”

Santos, 36, pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August, admitting he defrauded donors and used the names of dozens of people, including family and friends, to falsely inflate his number of contributors.

He served less than a year in the House — repping parts of Queens and Nassau County in a seat he flipped red — until he became only the sixth US Representative to be expelled from office in December 2023.

Santos — who now hawks personalized video messages for $100 a pop on the Cameo app — didn’t speak to reporters on his way in and out of court Friday, but had posted “Soon” along with prayer hand emojis on X hours before his sentencing.

Prosecutors asked that the flamboyant Ferragamo-wearing former rep get seven years behind bars, the top end of what federal sentencing guidelines recommended. He faced a minimum of two and a maximum of 20 years in prison.

It’s not yet clear where Santos, who must surrender on July 25, will serve out his prison term, but he requested a lockup in the northeast.

The feds argued in recent court filings that Santos’ social media posts showed he was “not genuinely remorseful.”

Those missives included a barrage of attacks toward the Department of Justice that Santos recently posted on X, including one claiming he was a “scapegoat.”

But Santos’ lawyers fired back, explaining the lyin’ ex-congressman was attacking what he thought was an unnecessarily harsh sentencing recommendation and maintained he still remained “profoundly sorry” for what he did.

Outside court after the sentencing, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York John Durham blasted Santos’ actions and lauded Seybert’s decision to sentence him to 87 months — the same amount of time Durham’s office had sought.

“Santos’ disgraceful and greedy conduct has been exposed, and at last, has been brought justice,” Durham said, adding the ex-pol’s “blatant corruption is an affront to our electoral process.” 

Richard Osthoff, a navy veteran who claimed Santos stole thousands of dollars from an online fundraiser for his sick dog, attended the hearing and said he thought the fibbing former rep’s water works were merely “crocodile tears.”

“That wasn’t real. He’s not remorseful. He’s crying because he knows that he’s getting bitten on the ass and he’s gotta go away now,” Osthoff said. “Have fun, George.”

Santos was elected in 2022, but it quickly emerged that he had repeatedly lied about everything from his work credentials to his educational background while he was on the campaign trail.

He claimed he graduated from New York University and Baruch College and that he worked at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. In reality he didn’t graduate from college and he never “directly” worked for the companies.

In May 2023, the feds hit him with a 23-count indictment accusing him of laundering campaign funds and defrauding donors from October 2021 to October 2022.

Prosecutors alleged he lied to Congress about his wealth, collected unemployment benefits while he was actually working and used campaign funds to live large — including buying designer duds, getting Botox injections and taking luxe vacations.

Santos’ former campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, was also charged in the case. She pleaded guilty to one fraud conspiracy charge and is slated to be sentenced next month at a hearing where the feds have said they will recommend she receive three-and-a-half years to four years imprisonment.

On Tuesday, Santos said in an interview with NY1 that he hopes he is kept in protective custody while in the clink “because I do fear for my safety.”

He also told the outlet he didn’t have the money to pay the restitution he agreed to fork over as part of his plea agreement with the feds.

The judge on Friday denied Santos’ request to be placed in protective custody, saying she didn’t hear anything that showed he needed it.