George Conway Slams Trump Over Santos Commutation
By: Kathryn Wilkens (Mediaite)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Conservative lawyer George Conway slammed President Donald Trump over his commutation of former Congressman GeorgeSantos' (R-NY) prison sentence during a Friday appearance on MSNBC, saying, "He's completely nuts and so is Santos."
Trump announced on Friday evening that he had freed Santos, writing on Truth Social that "at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!"
MSNBC's Michael Steele posed a question about Santos to Conway, asking, "Is this the crap that we've come to at this point?"
"It's completely nuts, but he's completely nuts," said Conway. "And so is Santos. Maybe that's the thing that joins them all together. Look, under any normal pardon or commutation system, this guy is not eligible. He committed flat-out fraud. There was no question about his guilt."
"At the end of the day, he shows no remorse, no acceptance of responsibility. There is no reason to give him a break on his sentence," continued Conway. "And he's not even liked by Republicans! Nobody liked this guy! Even Trump, I don't think, really liked the guy. There is something about — I guess Trump finds appealing — a fraudster. Maybe it's some kind of kinship thing?"
Santos was sentenced in April to 87 months in prison after he was convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors said he deceived campaign donors, stole the identities of others — including family members — to funnel money into his 2022 congressional campaign, and fabricated major parts of his personal and professional background to gain political support.
Good thing Trump doesnt own a horse or he would appoint it to the Supreme Court.
He could appoint Santos. It would be the same.
It's not like any of us can turn to the Republicans and say "See? I told you so!" because half of them are loving this shit. They wanted a dick-tater and they got one. They suck on one end while their heads are rammed up the other. They love Trump because he is the chaos they had been wishing on the rest of America who was seemingly moving on without them. Leaving behind the old stupid dumb fuck xenophobia, islamophobia, homophobia, higher-education-phobia, evolution-phobia, vaccine-phobia bigots. But clearly those dumb fuck bigots have risen up and afflicted America with its worst nightmare, a lying sack of narcissistic shit, convicted felon, sexual predator bigot and think it's "hilarious". Did some of them have some points about how fucked up the government and both parties were? Yes. Did they have to slit our governments throat to prove their point? No, but here we are with a government bleeding out and every fucking useless partisan standing around going "That's on you..." , "Nuh uh! That's your fault!", "Nope, that's all you..." and the endless bullshit continues because no one is willing to fucking grow up.
Ya think ?
That is exactly what I am thinking.
This ... on top of all the other crap Trump pulls ... and his supporters who went ballistic over mere rumors of wrongdoing just flat out ignore reality when Trump engages in activities far worse than what they imagined 'the other side' did.
While I think a 7 year sentence was a bit much for this, I don't agree with the commutation of the sentence. Santos only spent something like three months in jail, hardly time to "pay" for the crime.
At least it was only a commutation and not a pardon.
Indeed. It is outrageous. Trump does not care ... he blatantly favors his supporters and corruptly attacks his critics.
No other PotUS has engaged in abuse of power this often and at this level. Prior congresses (with a backbone) and SCotUSs (with integrity) would have stopped them.
No other PotUS has engaged in abuse of power this often and at this level.
Oh, really???
Former President Joe Biden has set a record for presidential pardons with 8,064 clemency actions as US leaders have granted clemency more than 45,000 times.
Hours before leaving office, Biden granted pardons to several family members, including James Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens and Francis W. Biden, citing "politically motivated attacks." That followed his December pardon of his son, Hunter, for federal gun charges related to a firearm possession while under drug addiction in 2018.
Although Biden's been criticized for the move, it is not the first nor the last in US history.
Donald Trump marked his first day back in office Monday by pardoning approximately 1,500 individuals connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. In comparison, Trump's action brings his total pardons to 1,737 , including 237 from his previous term.
Nice try
Biden pardoned his family to keep them from political persecution by Donald Trump, a lunatic obsessed by revenge. Twice Trump risked impeachment to ask foreign leaders to manufacture dirt on Biden. He has no moral compass. Biden protected his family from a maniac.
From your same source 6,500 of those pardons were for that ultimate gateway evil known as marijuana.
Biden granted pardons to several family members, including James Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens and Francis W. Biden, citing "politically motivated attacks." That followed his December pardon of his son, Hunter, for federal gun charges related to a firearm possession while under drug addiction in 2018.
Well, at least you repeated what I said which means you agree, right??
Which still added up to over 8,000 - regardless of cause, a pardon is a pardon.
Well damn, Trump's a real piker than isn't he. He trails the mighty Joe Biden by 6,324 pardons. He better get a move on... /s
People want to ignore that the power of a Presidential Pardon is almost unlimited. Hunter's pardon covered every federal statute for any crime he committed or may have committed between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024. Don't remember hearing a lot from the left against that pardon, it was excused as necessary to save him from the evils of the Trump administration.
Which gave him a total of 1,500 in one day alone not including Santos. 10 of those J-6 'goodguys' have been rearrested. Dozens of others had previous J-6 criminal "records with convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking".
Yes, really.
Your example pales in comparison to what Trump is doing. You are pretending that I wrote that no other PotUS has abused his power. You are arguing a strawman.
Note that I wrote: "No other PotUS has engaged in abuse of power this often and at this level."
sounds like a great bunch of guys