"Just six months earlier, the former congressman from New York's 3rd District had been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft the tail end of a saga that included misusing campaign funds, fraudulent unemployment claims, and more aliases than a Netflix con artist. He was ordered to pay $373,000 in restitution and, for a brief moment, seemed destined to spend the rest of the decade as inmate #92471-054."
"I was in the computer room, next to the cafeteria where all the TVs are. I was filling out my commissary sheet when another inmate came in and said, Hey George, you're on TV!' I ignored him. I was on TV a lot in jail. Then, about 20 minutes later, I heard this roar from the cafeteria. Someone yelled, You son of a b***h, you're going home!' I ran over and saw the headline: President Trump Commutes Sentence of Former Congressman Santos."
George Santos received a presidential commutation that ended an 87-month federal prison sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The criminal conduct included misusing campaign funds, filing fraudulent unemployment claims, and operating under multiple aliases; he was ordered to pay $373,000 in restitution. Santos left federal custody and returned to public visibility. He learned of the commutation while in the prison computer room after another inmate alerted him and a cafeteria eruption confirmed the news. Santos's defense team includes Joseph Murray, Andrew Mancilla and Robert Fantone. Post-release remarks referenced constitutional theory, commissary experiences, ethics and AI.
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