Newly freed ex-congressman George Santos didn’t take kindly Sunday to a CNN question about President Donald Trump’s “favorable” commutation of him, saying there would always be “pearl-clutching” critics and attacking President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of his family members before leaving office. In announcing he had commuted Santos’ sentence, Trump pointed to Santos’ willingness to […]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene urges Trump to commute George Santos’ federal prison sentence: ‘Far worse offenses’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is urging that President Donald Trump commute former Rep. George Santos’ seven-year sentence, calling the punishment “a grave injustice” and an “abusive overreach by the judicial system.” The former New York congressman was sentenced to 87 months, or just over seven years, after pleading guilty in 2024 to wire fraud […]
Ex-lawmaker George Santos faces 7-year prison sentence for federal fraud, identity theft
Disgraced former Rep. George Santos could face more than seven years in prison if New York prosecutors get their way. Santos, 36, who became just the sixth House member to be expelled from the chamber and the first Republican, pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges in August as part of a plea deal after […]