Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Sunday he found out that President Trump had commuted his sentence from a news story playing on a prison television.

The big picture: Trump's commutation of Santos' seven-year sentence for charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft sparked a flood of criticism, including from fellow New York Republicans. • In a Truth Social post announcing his clemency action, Trump wrote that "at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!" and claimed he had been "horribly mistreated."

Driving the news: In a Sunday appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" less than two days after Trump's announcement, Santos said the commutation came as a "surprise." • Santos said he had been served "a very large slice of hum

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