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Omaha Steve

(106,857 posts)
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 09:53 PM Aug 5

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for George Santos' 7-year sentence to be commuted

Source: AP

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Updated 12:49 PM CDT, August 5, 2025

It might be hard to find someone to have your back in politics if you get caught lying about your life story, become one of a handful of people ever expelled from Congress and then are thrown into federal prison.

But George Santos is no ordinary former politician.

In a letter Monday, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene formally came to the aid of the disgraced ex-congressman with a request that his seven-year prison sentence be commuted, arguing that the length of the term represented “a grave injustice.”

The plea, which was sent to a Justice Department pardon attorney, came less than two weeks after Santos began his sentence.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-marjorie-taylor-greene-bffe84ad45cdb140ec81b353238b1242

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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for George Santos' 7-year sentence to be commuted (Original Post) Omaha Steve Aug 5 OP
Oh, c'mon - proving once again that she is... 3catwoman3 Aug 5 #1
I Call for MTG's Removal MrWowWow Aug 5 #2
Does George have something on Marj? BOSSHOG Aug 5 #3
So MTG if Santos didn't have an R by his name but a D would you call for his removal ? kimbutgar Aug 5 #4
Republican drag queens are ok? Norrrm Aug 5 #6
Put a poor Black in jail for life for spitting on a sidewalk. rickyhall Aug 5 #5
How many Augustus Gloops are running loose in DC? 'n/t Cheezoholic Aug 5 #7
the repubs are pro-crime. straight up. KG Aug 6 #8
Well, he has done some hard time. Buddyzbuddy Aug 6 #9

rickyhall

(5,483 posts)
5. Put a poor Black in jail for life for spitting on a sidewalk.
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 10:49 PM
Aug 5

Rich white dudes gets 7 year commuted. The 2 levels of justice, man

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