"President Donald Trump commuted the seven-year prison sentence of gay former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) last Friday, and falsely implied that Santos had been jailed for extensively lying about his personal biography during his 2022 election campaign. While Santos did extensively lie about his biography, he also pleaded guilty to 23 federal felony crimes, including using campaign funds, another person's identity, and their credit cards for his own personal benefit."
""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," Trump wrote in a social media post last Friday which then mentioned Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT), who had claimed to have served in the military in the 1970s U.S.-Vietnam invasion, despite having only served in units stationed in Washington D.C. and Connecticut."
President Donald Trump commuted George Santos' seven-year prison sentence and removed his court-ordered restitution of $373,000. Trump falsely implied Santos had been jailed for lying about his personal biography and compared Santos to Senator Richard Blumenthal. Santos pleaded guilty to 23 federal felony charges, including misuse of campaign funds, identity theft, and unauthorized use of others' credit cards. The commutation ends Santos' prison term but leaves his convictions intact because a commutation differs from a pardon. Trump claimed Santos had been mistreated in solitary confinement and announced an immediate commutation. Santos said he had been granted a second chance and intended to make amends.
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