BREAKING: Trump Frees Imprisoned Ex-Congressman In Bombshell Friday Night Commutation

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President Donald Trump freed former Congressman George Santos (R-NY) in a stunning Friday night order he announced on Truth Social.

Trump wrote:

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. I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat Senator Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal came up again. As everyone remembers, “Da Nang” stated for almost twenty years that he was a proud Vietnam Veteran, having endured the worst of the War, watching the Wounded and Dead as he raced up the hills and down the valleys, blood streaming from his face. He was “a Great Hero,” he would leak to any and all who would listen — And then it happened! He was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FRAUD. He never went to Vietnam, he never saw Vietnam, he never experienced the Battles there, or anywhere else. His War Hero status, and even minimal service in our Military, was totally and completely MADE UP. This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated. Therefore, I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!

Shortly after Santos was sentenced to 87 months in prison, he pleaded with Trump for a “commutation, clemency, whatever the president is willing to give me.”

Santos told Piers Morgan:

Previously I was not entertaining a pardon because I didn’t know what my judgement was going to be. Now I am in the process of filling an application for a pardon from the president. I’ll take a commutation, clemency, whatever the president is willing to give me, and you know, I don’t want this to seem like a political pitch, I want it to be a fair pitch, and I think no one better than President Trump to know what a weaponized Justice Department looks like, and you know, this is exactly it. Seven years and three months in prison for a first-time offender over campaign matters just screams over the top and I would appreciate if the president would consider.

Other Trump allies have also urged Trump to pardon Santos, who pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud after being criminally indicted on 13 federal charges.