Marjorie Taylor Greene penned a letter urging Donald Trump to pardon disgraced former Congressman George Santos following the release of his emotional letter from behind bars demanding clemency.
Santos was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and identity theft and reported to jail less than two weeks ago.
He was found guilty of fabricating thousands of dollars in campaign finance records during his successful 2022 congressional campaign.
Prior to his conviction, a 2023 House Ethics Committee report found that he spent donors’ money on Botox treatments, trips to casinos and at high-end luxury retailers.
In an emotional letter penned from prison on Monday, Santos said he’s facing harsh bathroom conditions in the medium security prison in New Jersey.
Santos, 37, claimed that he started to cry after putting on a ‘fluorescent yellow jumpsuit that made me feel like a caution sign in human form.’
‘The tears came faster than I could stop them,’ Santos wrote. ‘I didn’t care who saw. That reflection, in that moment, made the weight of my decisions, my mistakes, and the road that led me there all too real.’
‘The bathroom, though, deserves its own horror novel,’ he continued. ‘The closest thing I can compare it to is an abandoned gym locker room from a forgotten high school – grim, damp, smelling of mildew and regret.’
In a letter to the Justice Department on Monday, Greene urged the administration to ask the president for clemency consideration for Santos.
Majorie Taylor Greene penned a letter urging President Donald Trump to pardon her disgraced former Congressional colleague George Santos
Recently, Santos penned an emotional letter from prison, claiming he’s facing harsh bathroom conditions at Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey
Trump recently declined to rule out pardoning Santos before noting the disgraced lawmaker did ‘lie like hell’
The conservative firebrand claimed in her letter that Santos’ sentence ‘extends far beyond what is warranted.’
She called his seven-year sentence ‘excessive’ and noted that other lawmakers who have ‘done far worse still walk free.’
‘George Santos has taken responsibility. He’s shown remorse. It’s time to correct this injustice. We must demand equal justice under the law!’
But it’s curious timing as Greene has fallen out of Trump’s tight inner circle and GOP leadership. Earlier this week, the Georgia lawmaker told the Daily Mail that she believes the GOP is abandoning the ‘America first’ principles of the MAGA base.
‘I think the Republican Party has turned its back on America First and the workers and just regular Americans,’ she said.
Although Greene did reiterate her loyalty to Trump, she has split with the administration’s stance on Gaza by calling Israel’s actions a ‘genocide.’
MTG also recently demanded the DOJ release all files relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
Greene’s letter also comes after Trump declined to rule out pardoning Santos during an interview with Newsmax last week.
However, the president noted that Santos did ‘lie like hell’ during his Congressional tenure.
Greene has fallen out of Trump’s tight inner circle and GOP leadership. Earlier this week, the Georgia lawmaker told the Daily Mail that she believes the GOP is abandoning the ‘America first’ principles of the MAGA base
Trump went on to praise Santos because his ‘vote was solid’ for Republicans, while adding, ‘And I didn’t know him, but he was 100 percent for Trump.’
The president concluded that no one has approached him about pardoning the former GOP lawmaker. Santos has previously stated that he asked the White House for clemency consideration.
In the past, Trump has provided sweeping pardons and clemency to individuals who have proven to be loyal supporters of his administration.
Upon assuming office for his second term, Trump issued pardons for all individuals imprisoned for the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021.
Santos became embroiled in numerous scandals for lying about his education, employment history and personal wealth.
After a scathing Ethics Committee report on his campaign’s financial abuses, Santos was expelled from Congress in December 2023.
He became the sixth lawmaker ever to be expelled from Congress and the only member thrown out without having been convicted of a crime.
During this time, Greene was one of the few lawmakers who publicly supported Santos in Congress.
Santos was sentenced to 86 months in prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft
The New York Republican was expelled from Congress in December 2023 following an Ethics Committee report concluded he spent donors’ money on Botox treatments
Meanwhile, Santos dismissed his indictments – and eventual conviction – for money laundering and fraud as a ‘witch hunt.’
