US EditionGreene urges Trump to commute George Santos’ sentence: ‘It’s time to correct this injustice’
NEW JERSEY, AUG 4 – Trump confirmed his authority to pardon George Santos, who pleaded guilty to 23 felonies and faces an 87-month sentence, but no formal pardon request has been received.
- Marjorie Taylor Greene is urging the Trump administration to commute George Santos' seven-year prison sentence for wire fraud and identity theft, claiming it is excessive for someone with no prior criminal record.
- Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December 2023, pleaded guilty to 23 felony counts and is currently serving time at a federal facility in New Jersey.
- Greene stated that many Congress members have committed worse offenses without facing charges and argued that Santos has expressed remorse and accepted responsibility.
- President Trump acknowledged he has the power to pardon Santos but noted that no one has requested it, leaving the possibility open for future considerations.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Asks for George Santos’s Sentence to Be Commuted
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman and notorious fabulist who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after being expelled from the House, has been in federal prison for 11 days on a sentence of more than seven years. On Monday, one of his former colleagues began a formal effort to get him out. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the brash Georgia Republican and MAGA adherent, sent a letter to the Justice Depar…
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Denver GazetteMTG asks Trump to commute George Santos’s seven-year prison sentence: ‘Grave injustice’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wrote to President Donald Trump on Monday to ask that he commute former New York Rep. George Santos’s nearly seven-year prison sentence. Santos began his sentence last month after pleading guilty to money laundering and…
MTG Calls on Trump to Commute George Santos' Sentence
WASHINGTON DC (VINnews)— Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is urging President Donald Trump to commute the sentence of former Republican Congressman George Santos, who is currently serving a seven-year federal prison term for wire fraud and identity theft. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email In a statement released Monday, Greene called the […]
Greene urges Trump to commute George Santos’ sentence: ‘It’s time to correct this injustice’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is urging the Trump administration to commute the sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who was sentenced to seven years in prison earlier this year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Greene shared a letter on Monday in a post on X that she said she had sent to the Office of…
MTG asks Trump to commute George Santos’s seven-year prison sentence: ‘Grave injustice’ - Washington Examiner
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wrote to President Donald Trump on Monday to ask that he commute former New York Rep. George Santos’s nearly seven-year prison sentence. Santos began his sentence last month after pleading guilty to money laundering and wire fraud charges, among other things, as part of a plea deal in April. On Monday, Greene sent a letter to Trump asking to grant Santos clemency, arguing that he had shown remorse and the sente…
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