Overview
- The president announced on Friday via Truth Social that he signed a commutation ordering George Santos’s immediate release from FCI Fairton in New Jersey.
- Santos had been serving an 87-month sentence imposed in April for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, along with roughly $378,000 in restitution and a $205,000 fine.
- Trump said Santos had been kept in isolation and "terribly mistreated" in custody and described him as "a bit of a rogue" who "always voted Republican."
- Santos pleaded guilty in August 2024 to offenses tied to his 2022 campaign, including unauthorized use of donor credit cards and personal spending on luxury goods, Botox treatments and an OnlyFans subscription.
- Santos’s attorneys and some Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, praised the decision, while Democrats and ethics groups denounced it as rewarding corruption and consistent with prior clemency for allies such as Roger Stone and Paul Manafort.