Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos’s prison term was cut years short Friday, when President Trump commuted his federal fraud sentence, but the disgraced ex-lawmaker’s legal troubles may not be over after a state prosecutor seemed to signal that local charges could be brought.

Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in a statement posted to the social platform X that she has been at the “forefront” of bringing Santos to justice since first learning of his actions. The county is home to part of the district Santos represented.

“I am proud of the work my office has done, and the conviction achieved in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s office,” Donnelly said. “While the office cannot comment on ongoing investigations, suffice it to say that I remain focused on prosecuting political corruption wherever it exists regardless of political affiliation.”

A spokesperson for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office declined to further elaborate at this time, regarding whether Donnelly is investigating or considering pursuing state charges against Santos.

Trump announced the commutation in a post on Truth Social that emphasized the former congressman’s “Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!” 

“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 wrote.

Santos served just 84 days of his more than seven-year sentence, handed down after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a plea deal last summer.

He faced 23 federal counts for a number of criminal schemes, including money laundering, theft of public funds, making materially false statements to the House of Representatives and Federal Election Commission (FEC) and falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC.

Santos initially insisted he would not seek clemency but changed his tune after his sentencing, telling British media personality Piers Morgan in May, “I’ll take a commutation, clemency, whatever the president is willing to give me.”

Updated at 1:34 p.m. EDT.

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