"NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was slated to serve more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. Joseph Murray, one of Santos' lawyers, told The Associated Press late Friday that the former lawmaker was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey, around 11 p.m., and was greeted outside the facility by his family."
"During his time behind bars, Santos has been writing regular dispatches in a local newspaper on Long Island, in which he mainly complained about the prison conditions. In his latest letter, though, he pleaded to Trump directly, citing his fealty to the president's agenda and to the Republican Party. "Sir, I appeal to your sense of justice and humanity - the same qualities that have inspired millions of Americans to believe in you," he wrote in The South Shore Press on Oct. 13. "I humbly ask that you consider the unusual pain and hardship of this environment and allow me the opportunity to return to my family, my friends, and my community.""
President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, and Santos was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey, around 11 p.m. Santos had been sentenced in April after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft for deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people, including family members, to finance campaign donations. He reported to FCI Fairton on July 25 and was housed in a minimum-security camp with fewer than 50 inmates. While incarcerated he wrote regular dispatches complaining about conditions and in an Oct. 13 letter pleaded directly to Trump, citing loyalty to the president and the Republican Party. Santos' social account reposted the commutation announcement, and his lawyer said family greeted him outside the facility.
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