Trump’s clemency order eliminates Santos’s fines and restitution
George Santos Avoids Additional Fines After Commution Former Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.) won’t face any more fines or restitution related to his conviction, according to a pardon order issued on Monday. Santos was freed on Friday following President Trump’s announcement that he had commuted the former lawmaker’s sentence. Santos had begun serving an 87-month term […]
Trump Says He Will Reduce George Santos’s Prison Sentence
Trump Commutes Sentence of George Santos On Friday, President Trump announced that he would commute the sentence of George Santos, a former Republican Congressman from New York. Santos had pleaded guilty in April to 23 charges involving wire fraud and identity theft, resulting in a sentence of 87 months in prison. In a post on […]
Judge refuses George Santos’s request to strike identity theft charges from using donor’s credit cards
As former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) inches closer to trial for defrauding campaign donors, his motion to dismiss charges has been struck down. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert turned down Santos’ request to dismiss three charges of aggravated identity theft and theft of public money against him, according to the Associated Press. Santos was expelled […]