#George Santos

#George Santos

We start with the news that former FBI director James Comey today faces a deadline to file legal motions to dismiss an indictment accusing him of making false statements to Congress. Expected challenges that are scheduled to be filed today include claims that the prosecution was vindictive and that the US attorney supervising it was unlawfully appointed by president Donald Trump.

In a Truth Social post announcing his clemency action, Trump wrote that "at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!" and claimed he had been "horribly mistreated."

"They expelled George Santos, Mike Johnson did. He was Speaker and oversaw George Santos being expelled. Why isn't he doing anything about Cory Mills?" Greene told Axios. "There's clearly proof behind her accusations that a judge is issuing a restraining order. So I would say to Speaker Johnson, this is a serious matter, and it needs to be taken seriously." Mills has previously denied the allegations.

On Monday (22 September), Greene took to X, formerly Twitter, to condemn the former New York representative's prison conditions after he was placed in solitary confinement following a death threat the FBI is investigating. Santos claimed in a 16 September post he was "forced into solitary confinement while behind bars" but months earlier on 5 April he posted he would demand to be kept in solitary for the duration of his sentence to because he refused "to lose my dignity in anyway shape or form".

You just got to walk in there, you have to know yourself and you have to be totally, completely focused every second of the day because these places are incredibly violent.