Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is sounding the alarm over what she described as the inhumane conditions her former congressional colleague George Santos is being subjected to while incarcerated, saying they amount to “torture.”
A former Republican House representative, George Santos has been imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution, in New Jersey since late July after having been convicted of identity theft and wire fraud charges. He made frantic pleas out of concern for his own safety leading up to his sentence and, according to Greene, has been in solitary confinement for nearly 30 days as of Monday.
“They say [he’s in solitary confinement] ‘for his safety’ due to threats. I’m told he is in his cell 24 hours per day and he is only allowed to get a shower 3 times a week,” Greene wrote Monday evening in a social media post on X.
“He does not get any sunlight. He’s only allowed to buy stamps from the commissary and is drinking water from the sink… This is torture.”
Alongside her comments, Greene also shared a photo of a hand-drawn floor plan of Santos’ cell, both before and after being placed in solitary confinement. The lack of windows and small space Santos is now apparently subjected to, Greene said, has led her to call for a full pardon of her former GOP colleague.
“I have sent a letter asking for his sentence to [be] commuted, 87 months is way too long for the crimes he was sentenced for,” Greene wrote.
“There are criminals as we speak serving in Congress and many other former government officials that are criminals walking free that did far more heinous things than George Santos! George Santos had a better voting record than MOST members of Congress! Including EVERYONE who voted to expel him! Honestly, George should be pardoned!”
Santos was elected to represent part of New York in Congress in 2022, but was expelled by the House following his federal indictment, as well as after an investigation by the House Ethics Committee on his conduct. Santos was also found to have fabricated much of his life story leading up to his election victory, including falsely stating that he was Jewish and that he attended schools that had no record of his enrollment.
