Trump commutes jail sentence of former lawmaker George Santos, orders him launched

President Donald Trump on Friday (October 17, 2025) commuted the greater than seven-year jail sentence of former U.S. Representative George Santos for fraud and id theft, ordering his instant launch.

Santos, who was expelled from Congress after a short, scandal-plagued tenure, had pleaded responsible to inflating fundraising figures and falsifying donor names to safe Republican Party monetary help throughout the 2022 election cycle. He was elected that yr to signify a portion of New York City and its jap suburbs.

During his marketing campaign, Santos falsely claimed he attended New York University, labored at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, and that his grandparents had fled the Nazis throughout World War II.

On Friday, Trump stated Santos had been “horribly mistreated” in jail.

“George Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our country who aren’t forced to serve seven years in prison,” Trump stated on Truth Social.

“Therefore, I just signed a commutation, releasing George Santos from prison IMMEDIATELY,” he added.

Santos spent a lot of his 11-month time period engulfed in scandal, sidelined by fellow lawmakers, and mocked by late-night comedians after it was revealed he had fabricated a lot of his private historical past.