WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump commuted serial fabulist and former GOP Rep. George Santos\u2019 seven-year prison sentence on Friday, citing \u201chorrible\u201d mistreatment by the Bureau of Prisons and claiming Santos\u2019 unlawful conduct was not nearly as bad as the fibs of Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).<\/p>\n
Santos, 36, sobbed in court during his April 25 sentencing after\u00a0pleading guilty to federal wire fraud<\/a>\u00a0and aggravated identity theft. He reported to FCI Fairton in Fairfield Township, NJ, on July 25.<\/p>\n He\u2019s since dished to\u00a0The South Shore Press<\/a>\u00a0on the appalling \u201cfluorescent yellow \u2026 state-issued polyester\u201d jumpsuits, as well as mold and broken AC units in the prison.<\/p>\n The ex-congressman and serial fabulist was sentenced to nearly a decade in prison. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n The lying Long Island pol admitted in August 2024 to defrauding donors to his successful 2022 House campaign and using the names of dozens of others \u2014 including family and friends \u2014 to falsely inflate his number of contributors.<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge Santos was somewhat of a \u2018rogue,\u2019 but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren\u2019t forced to serve seven years in prison,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social as he flew from Washington to his Mar-a-Lago resort. \u201cI started to think about George when the subject of Democrat Senator Richard \u2018Da Nang Dick\u2019 Blumenthal came up again.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs everyone remembers, \u2018Da Nang\u2019 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,\u201d the president went on. \u201cHe was \u2018a Great Hero,\u2019 he would leak to any and all who would listen \u2014 And then it happened! He was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FRAUD.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe 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,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n George Santos hugged a well wisher as he drives into the FCI Fairton. ABC6 Philadelphia<\/p>\n \u201cThis is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least Santos had the Courage,\u00a0Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!\u201d<\/p>\n Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) \u2013 who\u00a0pushed for Santos\u2019 release<\/a>\u00a0in August, calling his sentencing \u201cabusive overreach by the judicial system\u201d \u2013 celebrated the commutation Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cTHANK YOU President Trump for releasing George Santos!!\u201d Greene\u00a0wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was unfairly treated and put in solitary confinement, which is torture!!\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ed Martin, the DOJ\u2019s pardon attorney,\u00a0noted<\/a>\u00a0on X that \u201cGeorge had [no] greater friend than [Greene].\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Martin\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0he was \u201chonored\u201d to have \u201cplayed a small role in [Trump] granting [Santos] clemency.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cThank you, Mr. President for making clemency great again,\u201d the pardon attorney added.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a note posted on\u00a0Santos\u2019 X account<\/a>, Joseph Murray, his lawyer, wrote: \u201cGod bless President Donald J Trump the greatest President in U.S. history!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI really have to thank Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene who fought like a lion on George\u2019s behalf,\u201d Murray continued, also thanking Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and several Trump administration officials.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump is absolutely right when he says that the U.S. is back!\u201d the lawyer added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Democrat Santos beat in the 2022 race for New York\u2019s 3rd District congressional seat fumed that Trump \u201cis trying to put his political enemies in jail while he frees George Santos for the unconscionable crimes that he committed and the fraud he concealed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFor Donald Trump to erase the consequence of those crimes-simply because Santos votes Republican-should outrage each and every American who says they are for law and order,\u201d Robert Zimmerman said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhile I have no doubt that Santos will ultimately end up in Trump\u2019s Cabinet, this decision demonstrates the lawlessness of the Trump Administration,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are all waiting to see if every Republican in Congress who condemned Santos will have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump and condemn him for this shameful action.\u201d<\/p>\n While pleading guilty, Santos confessed that he and campaign treasurer Nancy Marks, who also pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy, had \u201cfiled the list of false names\u201d to federal regulators and \u201cused the names of our friends and family \u2026 to artificially inflate the numbers of our donors.\u201d<\/p>\n The ill-gotten gains were spent in part\u00a0on OnlyFans subscriptions, Botox, and even spa treatments<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge Santos was somewhat of a \u2018rogue,\u2019 but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren\u2019t forced to serve seven years in prison,\u201d Trump said\u00a0on Truth Social on Friday. AP<\/p>\n The former Republican congressman also lied about his professional and personal achievements before entering office, which combined with the fraud accusations got him expelled from Congress in December 2023.<\/p>\n Among the lies: Santos claimed to have graduated from New York University and Baruch College \u2014 the latter on a volleyball scholarship \u2014 worked at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, and been descended from a Jewish family.<\/p>\n The commutation of Santos\u2019 sentence was posted on Trump\u2019s Truth Social account on Friday evening. Donald Trump\/Truth Social<\/p>\n \u201cI never claimed to be Jewish,\u201d Santos\u00a0came clean to The Post<\/a>\u00a0in December 2022. \u201cI am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was \u2018Jew-ish.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Santos became only the sixth member of the US House of Representatives to be expelled while serving.<\/p>\n