In a post on Truth Social, the president said Santos has been "horribly mistreated" in prison and will be released immediately.
The ex-Long Island congressman has been held at the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton. In April, he was sentenced to 87 months in prison. He was also ordered to pay $373,949.97 in fines and restitution.
"I am forever grateful to President Trump for seeing the human side of the suffering that Congressman Santos went through. He was in solitary confinement and protective custody due to threats against his life. I am grateful that President Trump saw the humanity and did the right thing for the Congressman," Santos' attorney Joseph Murray said in a statement.
In a subsequent statement, Murray went on to thank Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rep. Lauren Boebert, Rep. Tim Burchett and former Congressman Matt Gaetz, among others.
George Santos, former Representative from New York, arrives at federal court in Central Islip, New York, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. Former US Representative George Santos should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for committing fraud while campaigning for Congress, federal prosecutors said. Yuki Iwamura / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCongressman Nick LaLota, another Long Island Republican, who called Santos "an embarrassment," and fought to get him thrown out of office, said he deserved to stay in prison longer.
Santos was accused of exaggerating or lying about parts of his backstory shortly after his election. He was charged with defrauding voters and donors in his district, which includes Nassau County and parts of Queens.
After his sentencing, Santos released a lengthy statement on social media that said, in part, "I believe that 7 years is an over the top politically influenced sentence and I implore that President Trump gives me a chance to prove I'm more than the mistakes I've made."
A commutation is not a pardon, so Santos' record will not be wiped clean.
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