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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Join us. Now, Ryan Schmells for enough DA, what's happening
with a congressman, former disgraced congressman? I should say, George Santos,
he was set to spend seven years in prison, but
three months into it now President Trump has said he's
a free man. He's good to go. Well, Ryan Smells,
our Fox correspondent in DC on this one, And you know,
I got to tell you, George Santos jerk.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Check that box. Did he lie? Yeah? Check that box?
Seven years for going, you know, for what he did.
I don't know if that's you know, fair. I think
he had the book thrown at him on this one,
but you know, others say no, he deserved every bit
of it. Should be gone. So what's going on in
DC and the general thoughts inside the belway on this.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
A little bit of a shock. I think, you know,
this came down, I number what, it's very early into
his sentence, right. And then also this came down at
like six o'clock on a Friday. I believe President Trump
broke the news while he was on Air Force one.
So this is I think people are genuinely just shocked
that this actually went down and that this happened. And
you know, I think one thing that you'll see, probably
(01:00):
the Democrats latch onto is if you look at the
truth social statement of President Trump put out. You know,
one of the things he said is, well, at least
George was smart enough to vote Republican. And so I
think Democrats will allege to this was a political pardon
and not a pardon of common sense.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, quid pro quote if you will. But there were
also some other folks that thought, you know what, this
was overkill on the sentence.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, and Santos has argue that too. One thing he
has pointed out is he feels that he is probably
one of the few people who's ever gotten that much
time in a federal prison for the crimes that he
was convicted of doing. And he has even said that
he is going to be committed to prison reform from
here on out. So, you know, Santos, I don't think,
(01:41):
as has said that he is completely innocent in any way.
He's acknowledged and apologize for what he's done. But yeah,
at the same time, he thought this was an overcharge
in terms of how long and soils it. Ultimately, he
has made an example of you.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Know, and there's also a lot of other commutation's pardons
that happened with presidents over the long line of history.
And you look at some of the people that other
presidents have released, Republicans and Democrats, and I would think
most Americans will be scratching their heads going hmm, wow,
that's that makes sense to me there and others go, yeah,
that probably should be a good one. Go ahead and
(02:18):
do that. You know, I guess different presidents do it
for different reasons, but he's got the right to do it.
What kind of threw me for a loop. I'm sure
you saw this. TMZ is not reporting that President Trump's
considering commuting did his sentence?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I did see that.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I did see that. What are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I haven't heard anything about it that's going to be
legitimate or not, so, so yeah, you have to wait
and see.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
That was okay.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, I don't know, I don't know how that one's
going to go over because I mean, he's accused of
some pretty pretty harsh crimes too, so and I think
his are a little bit more different than than George
Santos is where you know, George Santos didn't he's accused
of defrauding people and spending money that was meant for
a different purpose. And and that's certainly concerning. But you know,
(03:10):
compared to what didd He's accused of, I mean, that
might go over a little bit differently. And so so
I think that that's going to be something that that
people are going to maybe question a bit more too.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Unless you know, somebody's got pictures of Donald Trump with
his you know, pen in the ink. Well, I just
it's not a good look, mister president. I can't imagine
why he would do that unless there's somebody that's got
something on somebody. But it's it takes me back to
the Epstein files. You know, Clinton, Trump, anybody and everybody
that was a celebrity back in the day of the
Epstein world. It probably ended up on that island, not
(03:42):
necessarily taking partaking in the illegal activity with the miners,
but these types of things, if that would blow back
on Donald Trump so bad that I got to think
that somebody's just flowed in this balloon out there to
see what kind of polling numbers are going to come
back on it. But all right, Ryan, thanks for the update,
but I appreciate you
Join us. Now, Ryan Schmells for enough DA, what's happening
with a congressman, former disgraced congressman? I should say, George Santos,
he was set to spend seven years in prison, but
three months into it now President Trump has said he's
a free man. He's good to go. Well, Ryan Smells,
our Fox correspondent in DC on this one, And you know,
I got to tell you, George Santos jerk.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Check that box. Did he lie? Yeah? Check that box?
Seven years for going, you know, for what he did.
I don't know if that's you know, fair. I think
he had the book thrown at him on this one,
but you know, others say no, he deserved every bit
of it. Should be gone. So what's going on in
DC and the general thoughts inside the belway on this.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
A little bit of a shock. I think, you know,
this came down, I number what, it's very early into
his sentence, right. And then also this came down at
like six o'clock on a Friday. I believe President Trump
broke the news while he was on Air Force one.
So this is I think people are genuinely just shocked
that this actually went down and that this happened. And
you know, I think one thing that you'll see, probably
(01:00):
the Democrats latch onto is if you look at the
truth social statement of President Trump put out. You know,
one of the things he said is, well, at least
George was smart enough to vote Republican. And so I
think Democrats will allege to this was a political pardon
and not a pardon of common sense.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, quid pro quote if you will. But there were
also some other folks that thought, you know what, this
was overkill on the sentence.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, and Santos has argue that too. One thing he
has pointed out is he feels that he is probably
one of the few people who's ever gotten that much
time in a federal prison for the crimes that he
was convicted of doing. And he has even said that
he is going to be committed to prison reform from
here on out. So, you know, Santos, I don't think,
(01:41):
as has said that he is completely innocent in any way.
He's acknowledged and apologize for what he's done. But yeah,
at the same time, he thought this was an overcharge
in terms of how long and soils it. Ultimately, he
has made an example of you.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Know, and there's also a lot of other commutation's pardons
that happened with presidents over the long line of history.
And you look at some of the people that other
presidents have released, Republicans and Democrats, and I would think
most Americans will be scratching their heads going hmm, wow,
that's that makes sense to me there and others go, yeah,
that probably should be a good one. Go ahead and
(02:18):
do that. You know, I guess different presidents do it
for different reasons, but he's got the right to do it.
What kind of threw me for a loop. I'm sure
you saw this. TMZ is not reporting that President Trump's
considering commuting did his sentence?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I did see that.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I did see that. What are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I haven't heard anything about it that's going to be
legitimate or not, so, so yeah, you have to wait
and see.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
That was okay.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, I don't know, I don't know how that one's
going to go over because I mean, he's accused of
some pretty pretty harsh crimes too, so and I think
his are a little bit more different than than George
Santos is where you know, George Santos didn't he's accused
of defrauding people and spending money that was meant for
a different purpose. And and that's certainly concerning. But you know,
(03:10):
compared to what didd He's accused of, I mean, that
might go over a little bit differently. And so so
I think that that's going to be something that that
people are going to maybe question a bit more too.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Unless you know, somebody's got pictures of Donald Trump with
his you know, pen in the ink. Well, I just
it's not a good look, mister president. I can't imagine
why he would do that unless there's somebody that's got
something on somebody. But it's it takes me back to
the Epstein files. You know, Clinton, Trump, anybody and everybody
that was a celebrity back in the day of the
Epstein world. It probably ended up on that island, not
(03:42):
necessarily taking partaking in the illegal activity with the miners,
but these types of things, if that would blow back
on Donald Trump so bad that I got to think
that somebody's just flowed in this balloon out there to
see what kind of polling numbers are going to come
back on it. But all right, Ryan, thanks for the update,
but I appreciate you
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