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The Dr. Phil Podcast

George Santos: Lies, Scandal, and the Road to Prison

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Education, Society & Culture

4.313.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What drives a politician to deceive and how far will hego? In our first episode, George Santos bares all: the fabrications that fueled his rise, the lies he told to win trust and power, and the choices that led him down a path toward scandal and prison. Did he think he was doing anything wrong? Was politics just a game to him or something much darker? Get ready for revelations, self-justifications, and a candid look inside the mind of a man who broke the rules and paid the price.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Jillian Michaels talks about why she decided it was time to speak her mind even if it meant being canceled.

0:09.2

She talks about finding her voice, shares insider tales about reality TV blowups, and tells us why it's time for Americans to get serious about their health.

0:21.1

Jillian Michaels, right here Thursday on the Dr. Phil Podcast.

0:26.9

The Dr. Phil Podcast, available on Apple Podcasts look at the story of George Santos.

0:48.5

Once a rising star in Congress, now a man whose career, well, it's collapsed after a trail of revelations exposed serious misconduct.

1:00.1

Now, Santos served three months of more than a seven-year federal sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

1:10.2

Crimes that included misusing campaign funds, defrauding donors,

1:16.3

and falsifying documents to obtain political power. I don't care how flat you make a pancake.

1:21.9

It's got two sides, and he's got a side of this that he doesn't agree with everything that he was convicted of,

1:30.1

I'm sure.

1:30.8

He did plead guilty.

1:33.0

He was expelled from Congress amidst bipartisan outrage.

1:36.7

In October, President Trump commuted his sentence, setting off intense debate about justice, accountability, and what true

1:48.0

redemption should look like.

1:49.9

Now, importantly, George Santos' actions left real victims, including donors deceived by

1:59.4

fraudulent fundraising schemes

2:01.3

and a community misled by a public official's dishonesty.

2:07.0

Now, tonight, we're going to put the politics aside

2:09.4

and focus on personal responsibility

2:12.8

and what someone like George Santos does with a second chance.

2:21.3

America is a land of second chances.

2:24.3

Now, I know George, we've talked before.

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