Firebrand Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is once again calling for the seven year prison sentence of disgraced congressman George Santos to be commuted, citing his conditions in solitary confinement.

MAGA Republican Greene, known for her inflammatory comments about the LGBTQ+ community, previously urged US president Donald Trump to end Santos’ imprisonment, describing his sentence as “excessive”.

After becoming the first out gay politician to be expelled from US Congress in December 2023, Santos, 37, pleaded guilty to 23 federal felony crimes including aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in August 2024.

In April of this year, he was sentenced seven years and two months in prison by US district judge Joanna Seybert and ordered to pay $578,753 (£430,184.21) in restitution fees to his victims.

On Monday (22 September), Greene took to X, formerly Twitter, to condemn the former New York representative’s prison conditions after he was placed in solitary confinement following a death threat the FBI is investigating.

Santos claimed in a 16 September post he was “forced into solitary confinement while behind bars” but months earlier on 5 April he posted he would demand to be kept in solitary for the duration of his sentence to because he refused “to lose my dignity in anyway shape or form”.

In her post, Greene claimed Santos is “in his cell 24 hours per day”, “only allowed to get a shower 3 times a week”, “does not get any sunlight” and is “only allowed to buy stamps from the commissary and is drinking water from the sink”

Greene labelled his conditions “torture” and said his 87-month sentence is “way too long for the crimes he was sentenced for”.

Former Congressman George Santos has been in solitary confinement for nearly 30 days in FCI Fairton NJ.

They say it’s “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.

He does not get any… pic.twitter.com/oJSGFda2qB

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

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