Why did Donald Trump commute George Santos' prison sentence? The proof is in the party
Trump has commuted George Santos' sentence, saving the disgraced gay Republican from more than seven years in prison.
October 20, 2025
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Trump has commuted George Santos' sentence, saving the disgraced gay Republican from more than seven years in prison.
The disgraced former congressman was released from prison on Friday after having his sentence commuted. Santos was immediately in front of cameras and took the time to praise Trump.
Manning will be released in May, White House officials announced.
"Good luck George, have a great life," the president wrote about the convicted felon.
Brown, the nation's first out bisexual governor, changed the sentences to life in prison without parole.
Jessica Watkins had been sentenced to more than 8 years for her involvement in the violent Capitol attack.
President Donald Trump had said earlier that he had the right to do it, but hadn’t been asked.
Russell Henderson, one of two men convicted of the heinous hate crime, tried to have his double life sentence shortened.
Amber McLaughlin's attorneys asked that her sentence be commuted, but the Republican governor of Missouri said no.
Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes had received long sentences for their roles in the 2021 insurrection, but Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted sentences, or dismissed charges for those involved.
Obama actually commuted Manning's sentence, but Trump made the inaccurate statement in defending his pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The disgraced former congressman, who just had a seven-year sentence commuted by President Donald Trump, is already gearing up for his next act.
In his final presidential press conference, he touted LGBT advances but didn't take all the credit.Â
Peter Heidgerd was dishonorably discharged in 1989 with a felony conviction on his record.
The transgender soldier was released from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas Wednesday morning.
Manning was ordered to jail today for refusing to testify in secret to a grand jury regarding WikiLeaks.
The president calls Manning an "ungrateful traitor" for her critique of Barack Obama, just minutes after those words appeared on Fox News.
Mike Pompeo loudly objected to the transgender leaker's fellowship at the Ivy League university.
A court held the trans whistleblower in contempt two months ago for refusing to testify about WikiLeaks.
Amber McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to be executed in January.