"Former Congressman George Santos thanked Jesus Christ and President Trump after the president commuted his seven-year sentence for wire fraud and identity theft on Friday. A House Ethics Committee report found Santos spent donations from his supporters shopping at Sephora, taking luxury trips and paying for OnlyFans. On Sunday, Santos said this on CNN. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) GEORGE SANTOS: I've learned a great deal and a very large slice of humble pie, if not the entire pie, for the experience I had."
"Santos gets sentenced and immediately starts asking for clemency, and it doesn't look like it's going to happen for a while. But in August, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was an ally of his in Congress and who Santos considers a friend, started to push for him to get a pardon. And around that time, Trump is asked in a Newsmax interview if he would consider a pardon or commutation for Santos, and he says, well, no one ever asked me."
George Santos was released after President Trump commuted his seven-year sentence for wire fraud and identity theft. A House Ethics Committee found Santos spent donor funds on Sephora purchases, luxury trips, and OnlyFans. Santos publicly thanked Jesus Christ and President Trump and said he learned humility from his experience. Two years earlier, Santos was expelled from Congress by a bipartisan vote. Marjorie Taylor Greene advocated for a pardon and prompted Trump to consider clemency after noting no one had asked. Trump views the justice system as weaponized against political opponents and invoked that perspective in clemency decisions.
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