Rep. George Santos claims plea deal talk is ‘speculation’

Could lyin’ Long Island Rep. George Santos be close to a plea deal?

Brooklyn federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked to push back the embattled Republican’s next court appearance while both sides huddle to discuss “possible paths forward” in the case.

“The parties wish to have additional time to continue those discussions,” US Attorney Breon Peace wrote in a brief court filing requesting that Santos’ next hearing be moved back from Thursday to October 27.

Such a request would typically indicate that prosecutors are working to hash out the terms of a plea deal.

But Santos — a serial liar who has confessed to a bevy of fabrications about his background, education and work experience — claimed Tuesday that it would be mere “speculation” to suggest a guilty plea was in the works.

“I’ll let you write your speculative garbage and misinform the American people,” the 35-year-old congressman told The Post in a text message. “That’s what media does best.”

The admitted serial fibber also claimed in a text to Talking Points Memo that it would be “wildly inaccurate” to report that a plea deal was coming, and that instead he is working with the feds to find some sort of other “path forward” in the case.

Santos did not spell out what that other “path forward” might be.

The freshman lawmaker is facing a 13-count indictment in Central Islip federal court charging him with making false statements, money laundering, fraud and theft — including embezzling $50,000 in campaign money to buy designer clothing and pay personal expenses.

The Queens native, who was released on $500,000 bond after pleading not guilty, has been meeting with the feds since at least June on those “possible paths,” the Justice Department’s filing from Tuesday states.

In another sign of a potential plea, both sides have asked District Judge Joanna Seybert to waive speedy trial requirements so that they can focus on negotiations rather than prepping to try the case, the feds added in the filing.

Santos also needs more time to review the “voluminous” evidence that the government has already turned over to his camp, as well as a new “substantial” dump of discovery material the feds plan to produce in the coming days, the DOJ wrote.

Santos has been embroiled in controversy after admitting to a staggering array of lies soon after being elected to serve New York’s 3rd Congressional District in November 2022.

Despite admitting to The Post that his many fabrications on the campaign trial included falsely claiming to have worked “directly” for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, Santos — who made history running for Congress as an openly gay Republican — has announced plans to run for re-election in 2024.

News that Santos has been meeting with prosecutors comes two weeks after he left the door open to striking a deal with the feds in a television interview.

“Right now, the answer is no. But you just never know,” Santos told NewsNation’s Dan Abrams. “Life is — you don’t know what life is going to come at you, you know?”

Santos’ lawyer, Joe Murray, did not respond to a message Tuesday seeking clarification on what has been discussed during Santos’ meetings with the feds.

A spokesman for the Eastern District of New York declined to comment.

Former Santos fundraiser Samuel Miele has also been indicted on wire fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly impersonating a former top aide to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Miele had been scheduled to appear at a hearing Tuesday morning in Central Islip federal court, but prosecutors requested that his next appearance be pushed back until October as well.

In Miele’s case, prosecutors explicitly spelled out in their filing that “plea negotiations” were in the works.

Miele’s reps did not respond to requests for comment.

Additional reporting by Kevin Sheehan