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President Trump has commuted the seven-year sentence of former Rep. George Santos for fraud and identity theft, ordering him to be released immediately.
Santos pleaded guilty to inflating fundraising numbers and falsifying the names of donors in order to secure financial support from the Republican Party during the 2022 election cycle. He was expelled from the party the following year.
On Friday, President Trump announced the commutation of his sentence in a post on Truth Social.
“George Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve seven years in prison,” Trump posted.
Trump then compared Santo to Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal, who was found to have lied about his military record for a period of decades.
“I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat Senator Richard ‘Da Nang Dick’ Blumenthal came up again. As everyone remembers, ‘Da Nang’ stated for almost twenty years that he was a proud Vietnam Veteran, having endured the worst of the War, watching the Wounded and Dead as he raced up the hills and down the valleys, blood streaming from his face. He was ‘a Great Hero,’ he would leak to any and all who would listen — And then it happened! He was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FRAUD. He never went to Vietnam, he never saw Vietnam, he never experienced the Battles there, or anywhere else. His War Hero status, and even minimal service in our Military, was totally and completely MADE UP. This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated. Therefore, I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!”
