President Trump Commutes George Santos' Sentence
President Trump Cuts George Santos Huge Prison Break!!!
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5:30 PM PT -- Santo's lawyer, Andrew Mancilla, tells TMZ ... GS will likely get out around 11 pm ET, but that is just an estimation. Family will pick him up. He's looking forward to a good night of sleep at home.
President Trump is springing ex-Congressman George Santos from prison, saying the convicted fraudster has no business doing 7 years behind bars.
POTUS admitted Santos had been a "rogue" ... but added, at least Santos "had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!" That's enough in Trump's book to warrant a commutation of Santos' 87-month sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Santos just went into federal prison in NJ in July, when he was open about his fears of being assaulted or even killed while doing his time. He stressed he was NOT suicidal ... just in case something happened to him.
Trump said he decided to pull the trigger on Santos' release because of Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal -- claiming Blumenthal was also a fraud for saying, years ago, he'd been on the battlefields in Vietnam while in the Marine Corps ... something the Senator later said he'd "misspoken."
On Truth Social, Trump said he feels that's far worse than anything Santos has done, and that's why he signed the commutation ... and wished Santos a "great life."
We've checked with the Bureau of Prisons, and as of Friday evening, Santos is still in custody at FCI Fairton in southern Jersey. It's unclear when he'll get sprung.
