Former Congressman George Santos will report for jail on Friday.
Santos, who final yr plead responsible to id theft and wire fraud and was sentenced to seven years in jail, mentioned he’s not anticipating a pardon from President Trump.
“I don’t assume he can,” Santos instructed POLITICO when requested about the opportunity of the president granting clemency.
“He’s ready the place he must put the nation forward of 1 man, and that’s only a reality.
”He would lose help within the Home from Republicans who’ve already capitulated.”
The 37-year-old mentioned he “wouldn’t waver” in his help for this administration.
Again in April, Santos had pleaded with Trump for a pardon on the grounds that his sentenced had been “politically influenced.”
He wrote:
That is the toughest assertion I’ve ever written. I write this humbled, chastened, and totally accountable for decisions that shattered the religion so many positioned in me.
I betrayed the arrogance entrusted to me by many. For that, I supply my deepest apology.
After I pled responsible, I did so with out reservation. I mentioned then, and I repeat now, that my conduct betrayed my supporters and diminished the establishment I used to be privileged to serve. These phrases have weighed on me every single day since.
I can not rewrite the previous, however I can management the street forward. I requested the Courtroom for a sentence that balances accountability with the prospect to show by way of sustained, measurable motion that I can nonetheless contribute positively to the group I wronged.
I consider that 7 years is an excessive politically influenced sentence and I implore that President Trump offers me an opportunity to show I’m greater than the errors I’ve made.
That is the toughest assertion I’ve ever written. I write this humbled, chastened, and totally accountable for decisions that shattered the religion so many positioned in me. I betrayed the arrogance entrusted to me by many. For that, I supply my deepest apology.
After I pled responsible, I did…
— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) April 26, 2025
Elected to Congress in November 2022, Santos turned essentially the most conservative member of his freshman class.
However inside a yr, mounting allegations about his private life and previous felony exercise led to his expulsion from the chamber.
