President Donald Trump said Friday he has commuted the prison sentence of former New York congressman George Santos.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he signed a commutation order releasing Santos “immediately” from federal custody.

Santos, 37, began serving a seven-year sentence in July after pleading guilty in 2024 to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a plea deal. He had been held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Trump defended the former Republican lawmaker, calling home "rogue'" but noting he didn't deserve seven years in prison.

"George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated," Trump said. "Therefore,

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