WASHINGTON — Serial fabulist George Santos has told a lot of whoppers. But his abrupt release from federal prison after serving less than 3 months of his 7-year sentence is a head-turner many Long Islanders and others nationally find particularly hard to believe, only it's true.

President Donald Trump’s commutation Friday of the former Long Island GOP congressman’s sentence for fraud and identify theft already has become an issue in the Nassau County executive’s race, with voting a little more than a week away.

"This is the exact opposite of law and order," said Seth Koslow, the Democrat running to unseat Republican Bruce Blakeman, in an interview Saturday.

"Disgust" and "outrage," said the former prosecutor, describing reactions he was hearing Saturday along the campaign stump; he call

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