Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is calling on the Trump administration to commute the sentence of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who was sentenced to more than seven years behind bars for wire fraud and identity theft. Greene posted a letter she wrote Monday on social media. It’s addressed to the Office of the Pardon Attorney in hopes that President Donald Trump will commute Santos’ sentence.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s statement
“A 7-year prison sentence for campaign-related charges is excessive, especially when Members of Congress who’ve done far worse still walk free,” she wrote. “George Santos has taken responsibility. He’s shown remorse. It’s time to correct this injustice. We must demand equal justice under the law!”
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Charges
Santos began serving his sentence late last month following a criminal case and his expulsion from the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to Congress in 2022 and was charged less than a year later with nearly two dozen felony charges, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, false statements and falsifying records.
Santos gave a farewell in a social media post shortly before he surrendered to authorities to serve his sentence.
Greene’s letter
“Commuting his sentence would acknowledge the severity of his actions and simultaneously provide a path forward in allowing him to make amends for his crimes and strive to better serve the people in his community,” Greene wrote in the letter.
Trump’s response
Greene’s push for Santos comes after Trump failed to rule out potentially pardoning the former congressman during an interview on Friday.
“He lied like hell,” Trump told Newsmax. “And I didn’t know him, but he was 100% for Trump.”
The president added that Santos’ voting record “was solid” when he served in the House.
Trump said during the interview that no one had discussed his pardoning of Santos. The ex-representative had said he planned on asking Trump for clemency.
