President Donald Trump said on social media Friday that he has commuted the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos, who had been serving a seven-year term for the fraud charges that got him ousted from Congress.
“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,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
“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,” Trump added. Trump’s commutation comes just months after Santos, 37, surrendered on July 25 to serve 87 months in prison.
I always thought it was lame that, while a senile Joe Biden and Democrats beholden to him kept doubling down on wokeness, so many Republicans, supposedly the ones standing on “principle”, banded together to kick George Santos out of Congress. Sure, Santos was accused of all sorts of crimes, duped his voters, and came off like a total weirdo at times, but the GOP should’ve let the legal process play out instead of handing Democrats a win by expelling him. As if their show of moral unity would impress a Democratic Party that routinely covers for its own when they get caught doing wrong. That whole move was just corny. That said, wouldn’t it be funny if Santos ran for Congress again? After all, while he was a Congressman he was loyal vote for the GOP, so the financial backing could easily be there if he decided to make a comeback.
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