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donald trump announced on Friday that he had reduced the sentence george santosA disgraced former Republican congressman who was serving a seven-year prison sentence.
“George Santos was ‘rogue’ to some degree, but there are plenty of rogues across our country who are not forced to spend seven years in prison,” Trump said. wrote On Truth Social, before repeating rejected claims About Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal.
moreover, chairman Claimed that Santos “has been held in solitary confinement for long periods of time and, by all accounts, has been horrifically abused” and praised the former congressman for having the “courage, conviction and intelligence to always vote Republican!”
Santos, who was Expelled from Congress by colleagues in 2023 After making a series of shameless False claims about his life storyHad appealed to Trump for relief earlier in the week.
“I have faced my share of consequences, and I take full responsibility for my actions,” Santos wrote In a letter to the President published by South Shore PressA New York news outlet. “But no person, no matter their flaws, deserves to be lost in the system, forgotten and ignored, suffering more punishment than justice demands.”
In the message, Santos said he has been in solitary confinement since August following alleged death threats against him.
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene praised the President for freeing Santos.
“He was mistreated and put in solitary confinement, which is torture!!” Green wrote On X.
Santos pleaded guilty last August Defrauding voters, stealing credit card information, and lying to the Federal Election Commission to raise money for his congressional campaign. He was ordered to pay a fine of $580,000 including restitution.
In 2023, he was Initially charged with 23 feloniesProsecutors accused him of using numerous schemes and government aid programs for donors to fund his lavish lifestyle.
In addition to the criminal charges, media reporting revealed that Santos made several claims about his background that were not true, including that his mother survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks, that he was Jewish, and that he worked for top Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs.
Santos eventually took advantage of his reputation for scandal to host a podcast pants on fire,
Since resuming office, Trump has issued controversial pardons and commutations for perpetrators of the January 6 pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol. Paul WalczakA former nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to tax crimes whose mother raised millions for Trump’s campaigns.