{"id":2054,"date":"2025-10-19T02:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2025-10-19T02:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:05:39","slug":"disgraced-george-santos-decompressing-from-traumatic-prison-time-after-being-released-early-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=2054","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced George Santos \u2018decompressing\u2019 from \u2018traumatic\u2019 prison time after being released early by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Santos\u00a0is \u201cdecompressing\u201d from what his lawyer described as a \u201ctraumatic experience\u201d behind bars just one day after he was released from prison following\u00a0President Trump\u2019s decision to commute the disgraced ex-congressman\u2019s sentence.<\/p>\n

Santos, 37, served just 84 days of the more than seven-year sentence handed down in April for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft \u2013 charges stemming from his elaborate schemes to deceive donors and steal the identities of 11 people, including family members, to fund his campaign.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Santos\u2019 lawyer, Joseph Murray, toldthat his client is currently decompressing and declined to share where he is staying.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow is not a good time, I just got here, I\u2019m meeting with him and we just want to let him decompress a little bit,\u201d attorney Joseph Murray told the paper.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was released last night. Let\u2019s give him \u2013 let\u2019s respect his and his family\u2019s privacy and let them decompress a little. It\u2019s a traumatic experience as you can imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former Representative George Santos reported to prison for a seven-year sentence in July. He was released early by Trump just three months later (AP)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Santos, who was sentenced in April, had been housed in a minimum-security prison camp at FCI Fairton in New Jersey since July 25.<\/p>\n

Less than three months later, he was released late Friday night, just hours after Trump announced on X that he had commuted the former congressman\u2019s sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge Santos was somewhat of a \u2018rogue,\u2019 but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren\u2019t forced to serve seven years in prison,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. He went on to praise Santos for having \u201cthe Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!\u201d<\/p>\n

The former president also claimed that Santos \u201chas been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santos had reportedly been in solitary confinement since August, allegedly due to a death threat against him. Earlier in the week, Santos made a public plea to Trump for mercy.<\/p>\n

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Santos had reportedly been in solitary confinement since August, allegedly due to a death threat against him (AFP via Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI have faced my share of consequences, and I take full responsibility for my actions,\u201d Santos wrote in a letter to the president published by\u00a0The South Shore Press<\/em>.\u00a0\u201cBut no man, no matter his flaws, deserves to be lost in the system, forgotten and unseen, enduring punishment far beyond what justice requires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once hailed as a rising Republican star, he was expelled from Congress in 2023 after admitting to a series of fabrications about his personal and professional life \u2013 from claiming Jewish heritage and a Wall Street career to falsely saying his mother survived the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n

Santos pleaded guilty last August\u00a0to defrauding voters to fund his congressional campaign, stealing credit card information, and lying to the Federal Election Commission. He was ordered to pay $580,000 in penalties, including restitution.<\/p>\n

His commutation adds to Trump\u2019s growing list of controversial acts of clemency, including pardons and sentence reductions for January 6 rioters and for Paul Walczak, a former nursing home executive convicted of tax crimes whose mother had raised millions for Trump\u2019s campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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