After months of pushing for release jailed former congressman George SantosGeorgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a lot to celebrate Friday.
“THANK YOU President Trump for freeing George Santos!! He was treated unfairly and placed in solitary confinement, which is torture!!” she wrote on X after the president said he approved the immediate release of the New York Republican.
The announcement came more than two months after Greene sent a letter to the clemency attorney's office. calling on President Trump to release Santos. She previously complained on social media that the 37-year-old Queens exile was being unfairly punished for defrauding donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen victims, including relatives, to pad his campaign coffers.
Santos was sentenced in April to more than seven years in prison. behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft. At the end of July he surrendered to FCI Fairton in New Jersey.and has since published numerous essays with South Shore Press. condemnation of prison conditionswhich he called “hell on earth.”
In mid-September, a MAGA supporter complained that he “Forcibly placed in solitary confinement” after a vague death threat.
“Well, here at FCI Fairton they have a funny way of ‘protecting’ you,” Santos said, complaining that his transferred to an “extremely dirty” cell measuring 15 by 17 feet. no ventilation and limited amount of “ice” shower.
But the Oct. 13 essay, which Santos addressed directly to Trump, may have been a success.
“Sir, I appeal to your sense of justice and humanity—the very qualities that have inspired millions of Americans to believe in you,” the message said. open letter to the president.
Trump said Friday that he heard Santos was mistreated and that was enough.
“George was in solitary confinement for a long period of time and, by all accounts, he was treated terribly badly. That's why I've just signed a commutation of sentence, release George Santos from prison IMMEDIATELY“,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Good luck, George, have a good life!”
When asked about Santos' various statements throughout his incarceration, Department of Corrections officials told the Daily News that “for privacy and security reasons” they do not discuss the living conditions of any person in custody.
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