George Santos, who was expelled from the US House of Representatives, departs after the sentencing in his criminal case at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, on April 25, 2025. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
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 sentence 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,