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President Donald Trump connected Friday (October 17, 2025) commuted the much than seven-year situation condemnation of erstwhile U.S. Representative George Santos for fraud and individuality theft, ordering his contiguous release.
Santos, who was expelled from Congress aft a brief, scandal-plagued tenure, had pleaded blameworthy to inflating fundraising figures and falsifying donor names to unafraid Republican Party fiscal enactment during the 2022 predetermination cycle. He was elected that twelvemonth to correspond a information of New York City and its eastbound suburbs.
During his campaign, Santos falsely claimed helium attended New York University, worked astatine Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, and that his grandparents had fled the Nazis during World War II.
On Friday, Trump said Santos had been "horribly mistreated" successful prison.
"George Santos was somewhat of a 'rogue,' but determination are galore rogues passim our state who aren’t forced to service 7 years successful prison," Trump said connected Truth Social.
"Therefore, I conscionable signed a commutation, releasing George Santos from situation IMMEDIATELY," helium added.
Santos spent overmuch of his 11-month word engulfed successful scandal, sidelined by chap lawmakers, and mocked by late-night comedians aft it was revealed helium had fabricated overmuch of his idiosyncratic history.
