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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Disgraced former lawmaker George Santos appears on Fox News days after Trump pardon: ‘I owe the American people an apology’

Ex-New York Republican Rep. George Santos, who had his seven-year prison sentence commuted by President Donald Trump last week, has offered an apology to his former constituents.

Santos, 37, was expelled from Congress in 2023 for lying about his past and sentenced to 87 months behind bars in April after pleading guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, only to be pardoned by the president after serving just three months at FCI Fairton in New Jersey.

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