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Trump commutes George Santos’ sentence

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President Trump has commuted the sentence of George Santos, the former congressman serving more than 7 years in prison for wire fraud and identity theft. The President said the disgraced Republican was “horribly mistreated”. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports. 



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