Rockland’s congressman did a little bit of gloating yesterday after former Representative Republican George Santos pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and identity theft. That’s according to Reuters. Santos was booted from Congress last year during his first, and only, scandal-plagued term. Santos had threatened to file an ethics complaint against, among others, GOP Congressman Mike Lawler of the Hudson Valley’s 17th district, who said in a statement, he was “glad to see this long running embarrassment finally come to an end.” Lawler added Santos “needed to be held accountable for his lies, deceptions, and criminal activity,” and with the plea he “finally admitted what we all knew to be true — he was a serial fraudster and violated the public trust.” Santos was charged last year and accused of laundering campaign funds to pay for personal expenses, charging donors’ credit cards without their consent, and receiving unemployment benefits while he was employed. Santos will be sentenced on February 7th, and he faces up to 22 years in prison.