Disgraced Congressman George Santos avoids punishment thanks to Trump’s pardon

Disgraced Congressman George Santos avoids punishment thanks to Trump’s pardon

When the stench from having prolific Republican liar George Santos as a member of the U.S. House became overpowering, even his GOP colleagues who desperately needed every vote they could corral in an almost evenly divided chamber, said enough is enough, and succeeded in a rare vote to oust him.Expulsion from Congress was to be only the beginning of the disgraced former member’s punishment. The felon faced more than seven years in prison for the …

South Florida Sun Sentinel: Trump’s pardons reward lawlessness

A glance at the George Santos case might suggest merely that the most flagrant liar in American politics simply couldn’t bear to see a fellow fabulist languish in prison.