The Santos Debacle?, Ctd

Politico published an audio recording of part of Santos’s conversation with a judge during an arraignment for Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, whom Santos told the judge was a family friend. Trelha later pleaded guilty to fraud, went to jail and was deported to Brazil, Politico reported.

“So what do you do for work?” King County Superior Court Judge Sean P. O’Donnell says in the recording of the May 15, 2017, arraignment hearing for Trelha.

“I am an aspiring politician and I work for Goldman Sachs,” Santos is heard to reply.

“You work for Goldman Sachs in New York?” O’Donnell says.

“Yup,” Santos replies.

It was a lie Santos would repeat five years later as he campaigned for Congress, and one of many parts of his biography that reporters found to be fabricated. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November, but his résumé has unraveled since. Though he temporarily stepped down from House committees, Santos has rebuffed calls to resign and has not been pushed to do so by Republican leaders. [WaPo]

So he lied to a judge. How does he not go to jail on contempt charges?