Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for George Santos' 7-year sentence to be commuted

U.S. House Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at a rally for former President Donald Trump on Aug. 3, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

It might be hard to find someone to have your back in politics if you get caught lying about your life story, become one of a handful of people ever expelled from Congress and then are thrown into federal prison.

But George Santos is no ordinary former politician.

In a letter Monday, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene formally came to the aid of the disgraced ex-congressman with a request that his seven-year prison sentence be commuted, arguing that the length of the term represented “a grave injustice.”