President Donald Trump said Friday he has commuted the prison sentence of former New York congressman George Santos.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he signed a commutation order releasing Santos “immediately” from federal custody.

Santos, 37, began serving a seven-year sentence in July after pleading guilty in 2024 to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a plea deal. He had been held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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Trump defended the former Republican lawmaker, calling him "rogue" but noting he didn't deserve seven years in prison.

"George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of

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