Disgraced former congressman George Santos released from prison in New Jersey

Trump commuted Santos’s seven-year sentence for fraud and identity theft after he had served less than three months

Disgraced former US House member George Santos was released from prison in New Jersey late on Friday, hours after the Republican’s seven-year, three-month prison sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft was commuted by Donald Trump.

An X statement attributed to Santos’s lawyer, Joseph Murray, called Trump “the greatest president in US history”.