After months of pushing for the release of imprisoned former Congressman George Santos, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene had something to celebrate on Friday.
“THANK YOU President Trump for releasing George Santos!! He was unfairly treated and put in solitary confinement, which is torture!!” she posted on X after the president said he’d approved the New York Republican’s immediate release.
The announcement came more than two months after Greene sent a letter to the Office of the Pardon Attorney urging President Trump to free Santos. She’d previously complained on social media that the expelled 37-year-old from Queens was being unfairly punished for deceiving donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen victims — including relatives — to fill his campaign coffers.
Santos was sentenced in April to more than seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. In late July, he surrendered to FCI Fairton in New Jersey, and has since published numerous essays in the South Shore Press decrying prison conditions, which he described as “hell on earth.”
In mid-September, the MAGA loyalist complained that he’d been “forced into solitary confinement” following an unspecific death threat.
“Well, here at FCI Fairton, they have a funny way of ‘protecting’ you,” Santos said, complaining that he’d been moved into an “extremely dirty” 15-by-17-foot cell with no ventilation and limited “ice-cold” showers.
But an Oct. 13 essay, which Santos addressed directly to Trump, may have broken through.
“Sir, I appeal to your sense of justice and humanity — the same qualities that have inspired millions of Americans to believe in you,” read the open letter to the president.
Trump indicated on Friday that he’d heard Santos had been treated poorly and enough was enough.
“George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated. Therefore, I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Good luck George, have a great life!”
When asked about Santos’ various claims throughout his incarceration, Department of Corrections officials told the Daily News that “for privacy, safety and security reasons” they do not discuss the living conditions for any individual in custody.
With News Wire Services
