NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was slated to serve more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges.

One of Santos’ lawyers told the New York Post late Friday that the former lawmaker was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey, around 11 p.m.

The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people - including his own family members - to make donations to his campaign.

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