Elections News George Santos Will Not Run For Re Election As House Finds ‘grave And Pervasive’ Campaign Finance Violations

Santos rules out running for office for the next decade

After his sentence was commuted by President Trump, former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Sunday he does not expect to run for office in the next decade. “I can tell you this, not that I can see ... Read More

Clemency for George Santos and a pardon power run amok

There can be no conceivable rationalization for extending clemency to Santos, apart from his political loyalty to Donald Trump. Read More

Disgraced ex-lawmaker George Santos freed from prison by Trump

President Donald Trump on Friday night said he commuted the sentence of George Santos, freeing the expelled Republican U.S. House member after just three months in federal prison. Santos, who served ... Read More

Republicans are upset that Trump got “con man” George Santos released from prison

The president’s commutation ends Santos’ prison sentence, but it differs from a presidential pardon in that Santos’ conviction will remain on his record. Trump’s commutation also removed Santo’s court ... Read More

With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward

The president has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century. Read More

Disgraced George Santos ‘decompressing’ from ‘traumatic’ prison time after being released early by Trump

George Santos is “decompressing” from what his lawyer described as a “traumatic experience” behind bars just one day after he was released from prison following President Trump’s decision to commute ... Read More