Santos, who was expelled from Congress in 2023, was sent to federal prison in July 2025 but what were the charges?

President Donald Trump said Friday that he commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges.

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges

President Trump commuted former U.S. Rep. George Santos’ seven-year prison sentence, releasing him from jail on Oct. 17. Revisit his political career in photos.

President Donald Trump said he commuted the sentence of George Santos, freeing the former Republican U.S. House member after three months in federal prison.

An attorney for Santos told ABC News while en route to the federal prison that they expect he will be released Friday night but are waiting for official word. The attorney said th

George Santos pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August 2024, after he was expelled from Congress in 2023.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he commuted the prison sentence of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., in a social media post that mostly attacked Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Santos pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after prosecutors charged him with various schemes,