El presidente Trump anunció este viernes que ha conmutado la pena al exrepresentante de Nueva York George Santos en una publicación en su plataforma de redes sociales Truth Social.

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President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former Republican congressman George Santos, who was serving several years in prison for identity theft and wire fraud. The announcement was made through a social media post, in which Trump compared Santos to other public figures and argued that he deserved a second chance. 

Santos, who had been sentenced to approximately seven years, will now be released from federal prison following the president's decision. The move has drawn attention due to Santos' controversial history and the president's public justification for the commutation.

El presidente Trump conmuta la pena a George Santos

De acuerdo. Tenemos noticias de última hora para ustedes esta hora. El presidente Donald Trump ha conmutado la sentencia de George Santos. El reportero de la Casa Blanca de CBS News Willie James Inman se une a mí ahora con esto. Willie, no sé si has tenido la oportunidad de ver esta declaración. No la he tenido. Todos la estamos viendo por primera vez. Cuéntanos más sobre lo que sabemos acerca de por qué sucedió esto y lo que el presidente está diciendo. Hola, Chanel. Estamos recibiendo estos detalles del presidente en un post en las redes sociales. Dice que va a conmutar la sentencia del ex congresista republicano caído en desgracia George Santos, que cumplía varios años de prisión por robo de identidad y fraude electrónico. Y el presidente, en este largo post, está diciendo que había otras personas que ciertamente eran personas deshonradas en la sociedad, comparándolo con un individuo en particular, Senador Richard Blumenthal, para ser exactos, en este largo post. Pero él continúa diciendo que su sentencia debe ser conmutada. Ahora, no sabemos mucho más que eso. Recuerde, George Santos estaba cumpliendo varios años, unos siete, que tendría que cumplir en prisión. Pero el presidente dice ahora que su sentencia será conmutada. Así que tendremos que esperar y ver lo que sucede a continuación, cuando el ex congresista será liberado de la federal prisión después de esta noticia que acaba de salir. Lo estamos recibiendo, pero sin duda un notable con esta conmutación que el presidente ha anunciado a través de las redes sociales. medios de comunicación, Chanel. Y Willie James, sé que Marjorie Taylor Greene pedía los siete años de George Santos sea conmutada. Me pregunto, sé que es pronto, si estás consiguiendo alguna reacción. Sí, bueno, ciertamente el ex congresista tiene sus aliados en el Congreso. Cuando todos de todo esto, ciertamente hubo individuos que trataron de distanciarse de George Santos. Pero en este post, el presidente dice específicamente que no sólo está conmutando su sentencia, sino que dijo que era una persona un poco pícara, pero que había otros pícaros a lo largo de el país. Y anotó a un senador demócrata específico en este post, comparando a los dos. Claramente, el presidente quería lanzar el mensaje de que mientras Santos pueda no ha sido el mejor individuo, pero que de alguna manera merece una segunda oportunidad con este conmutación que el presidente ha anunciado hoy, Chanel. Vale, interesante. Muchas gracias, Willie James.

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