US EditionSantos: Prison System ‘Creating Monsters’
George Santos alleges retaliatory isolation and dehumanizing treatment by prison staff after serving 84 days of a seven-year sentence for fraud and identity theft.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump commuted former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y.'s seven-year sentence, releasing him after he served just 84 days.
- Santos pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, facing 87 months and $370,000 court-ordered restitution plus $600,000 in forfeiture costs.
- He said he had been placed in segregated isolation after 41 days and described FCI Fairton, N.J. as broken with mold and heat issues, naming Warden Kelly and Assistant Warden Nobile.
- Planning to focus on prison reform, Santos said his solitary experience inspired him and he discussed it with President Donald Trump on Saturday, while U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin's clemency freed him from further fines or probation.
- He said he does not see himself returning to politics in the next 10 years, admitting he embellished his biography and was expelled from the U.S. House in 2023.
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Santos: Prison system ‘creating monsters’
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said that the prison system is “creating monsters” after he was released from prison last week. “We are creating an environment of failure, so people are prone to make poor choices to survive, and then they’re thrown in prison and treated inhumanely,” Santos said Monday on Meghan McCain’s show “Citizen…
George Santos reflects on prison time after Trump commutes his sentence
Santos, who had been serving a seven-year term for the fraud charges that got him ousted from Congress, said he had just been released from solitary confinement when his fellow inmates saw news of the commutation on television and told him.
The George Santos case shows that Trump sees himself not only as president, but also as America's autocratic chief justice. Almost like a king.
George Santos describes 'rotting facilities,' vows prison reform
Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., a convicted fraudster and identity thief, has said he will work to reform U.S. prisons, having been released from a penitentiary Friday by President Donald Trump.
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The Independent (US)Disgraced George Santos lashes out at prison staff who ‘dehumanized’ him after pardon
Following his release, the former Republican congressman vowed to focus on ‘prison reform and accountability, ensuring that those in power uphold the dignity and humanity of every person in their care’
George Santos Walks Out Of Prison And Immediately Does The One Thing Nobody Expected, Charging $300 For It
Former New York Representative George Santos did not waste any time getting back to work after his early release from prison. Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump let him out early, the 37-year-old was already back online and ready to make money. Santos had been locked up at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey. He was found guilty of wire fraud and identity theft after he admitted to faking donor records with h…
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