President Donald Trump made “the wrong decision” by commuting the sentence of former GOP New York Rep. George Santos, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.
Malliotakis, who is also a New York Republican, said, “I do not agree with the commutation. I think it was a wrong decision, primarily because this is somebody who stole [hundreds of thousands] of dollars from his donors. He defrauded the public and his voters.”
Santos, who was released last week after Trump commuted his prison sentence, told Newsmax on Sunday that he is “truly repentant” for his past mistakes and hopes to use his second chance to help others rebuild their lives.
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