George Santos is being released from prison, less than three months after beginning his 87-month sentence.
The 37-year-old disgraced former New York congressman plead guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He began his prison sentence on July 25.
NBC News reports that Santos was involved in a “yearslong scheme that preyed upon the campaign finance system and his own political party, donors and family members to line his own pockets.”
Now, Santos is getting out of prison seven years early after his sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump .
“George Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve seven years in prison. I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat Senato