Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

<p>Former Republican US representative was sentenced in April after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 people</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.</p><p>The New York Republican was sentenced in April after pleading guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/trump-commuted-sentence-george-santos">Continue reading...</a>