Hope, Lies, and 75 Days: The George Santos Commutation

He stole from voters, lied about his past, and admitted to federal crimes. Trump called it “mistreatment.”

On October 17, Donald Trump commuted the federal prison sentence of former Congressman George Santos. Just two and a half months after reporting to a minimum-security facility in New Jersey, Santos walked free.

It was a stunning reversal for one of the most disgraced figures in modern political history. At the time of his sentencing in July, Santos had p…