Trump indicators commutation releasing former Rep George Santos from jail

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President Donald Trump introduced on Reality Social Friday that he commuted the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos , R-N.Y., after a number of marketing campaign finance violations.

"George Santos was considerably of a ‘rogue,’ however there are various rogues all through our Nation that aren’t pressured to serve seven years in jail," Trump wrote .

FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS DELIVERS 'GLAMOROUS' FAREWELL BEFORE GOING TO PRISON: 'THE CURTAIN FALLS'

Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., had his jail sentence commuted by President Donald Trump on Friday. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Pictures)

"I began to consider George when the topic of Democrat Senator Richard "Da Nang Dick" Blumenthal got here up once more…. That is far worse than what George Santos did, and at the least Santos had the Braveness, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!" President Trump added. "George has been in solitary confinement for lengthy stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated. Subsequently, I simply signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from jail, IMMEDIATELY."

Santos had reported to serve his sentence in federal jail on the finish of July earlier this yr, with a theatrical X publish the place he wrote,"Effectively, darlings… The curtain falls, the highlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed."