TL;DR
- Marjorie Taylor Greene formally asked Trump to commute George Santos’s 87-month prison sentence.
- Santos pleaded guilty to 23 felonies, including wire fraud and identity theft.
- Greene claimed his punishment is unjust and politically motivated.
- Trump said he hadn’t been asked yet—but wouldn’t rule out clemency.
- Santos, the first out gay Republican in Congress, is currently serving time in New Jersey.
MTG to Trump: Save My Gay Grifter
In what can only be described as the most chaotic love letter to fraud since Anna Delvey tried to trademark “SoHo scam goddess,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has gone full Bravo villain, officially begging President Donald Trump to rescue her disgraced gay bestie, George Santos, from the horrors of federal prison.
On Monday, Greene filed a formal plea with the Office of the Pardon Attorney, calling the 87-month sentence Santos received for a buffet of fraud-related felonies a “grave injustice.” According to her, Santos’s crimes—stealing identities, lying on disclosures, defrauding donors, and blowing campaign cash on Botox and designer threads—were really just “campaign-related” blunders. You know, oopsies.
“Many of my colleagues… have committed far worse offenses… yet have faced zero criminal charges,” Greene wrote, providing zero receipts to back up her allegations. But receipts, ironically, are exactly what landed Santos behind bars.
Let’s recap: George Santos, 37, once the glittery darling of GOP diversity hires, was sentenced in April 2025 after pleading guilty to 23 felony counts including wire fraud, unemployment fraud, and identity theft. He admitted to charging donors’ credit cards without permission, lying to the FEC, and using the proceeds to treat himself like a Real Housewife on a Neiman Marcus bender.
The justice system, for once, wasn’t playing. U.S. Attorney John Durham—appointed by Trump, no less—called it “judgment day,” while the FBI and IRS practically held a roast of Santos in their press releases. “A weaver of lies,” one official noted. Not exactly the superlative you want on your political resumé.
But Greene, never one to let facts dim her loyalty to messy men, claims Santos has turned a new leaf. “He is sincerely remorseful,” she wrote. “Commuting his sentence would provide a path forward.” Apparently, that path includes promoting his Cameo account from a prison cell and hinting at reviving his drag persona, Kitara Ravache. Remorse looks different for everyone.
Greene’s ask comes just days after Trump coyly told Newsmax he could pardon Santos but hadn’t been asked. “I have the right to do it,” he teased. Well, now he’s been asked—and by the woman who once thought Jewish space lasers were real. The circus, folks, is in session.
Let’s not forget: Santos made history as the first out gay Republican elected to Congress as a non-incumbent. His fall from grace is especially bitter for the LGBTQ community, who had hoped his presence in the GOP might chip away at the party’s staunchly anti-queer agenda. Instead, they got a pathological liar who weaponized his identity to deflect criticism and distract from crimes.
Still, the question remains: Does his queerness make this a more nuanced tragedy? In a way, yes. LGBTQ people know what it’s like to wear masks, but Santos’s mask wasn’t for survival—it was for scamming. He’s become a punchline in a time when representation is already precarious. His saga isn’t a gay story—it’s a grift wrapped in a rainbow flag.
And now, his loudest defender is a far-right congresswoman known for conspiracy theories and extremist rhetoric. If that’s not irony in full drag, what is?
In the meantime, Santos remains in federal prison in New Jersey, watching his political life spiral down the drain—and possibly planning his next act on Cameo. As for Trump, he might be too busy fighting his own legal battles to worry about saving his fabulously fraudulent former colleague.
Stay tuned. This saga is far from over—and so is Kitara Ravache.