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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Santos’s release from prison felt like Trump ‘stuck me in the gut with a knife’, alleged fraud victim says

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George Santos leaves federal court in 2024. Photograph: James Carbone/AP

A retired member of the US navy who alleges he lost thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog when the Donald Trump-freed George Santos defrauded him says he now views the president as a “walking middle finger”.

Richard Osthoff’s emotional comments on Monday on MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports came three days after Trump commuted Santos’s seven-year, three-month prison sentence, which was given to the former New York representative in connection with federal fraud charges.

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