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Sid & Friends In The Morning

George Santos | Former Congressman | 10-20-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, News, Comedy

4.2826 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Former Congressman George Santos joins Sid to discuss his release from prison over the weekend thanks to a commutation from President Donald Trump. Santos reflects on the humbling and sobering experience of solitary confinement and addresses the hurt he caused to friends, family, colleagues, and supporters. Despite the criticism, Santos expresses gratitude for the second chance given to him by President Trump and emphasizes his commitment to making positive changes in his life. He also shares his future plans, focusing on helping troubled youth and prison reform, while dismissing any immediate political ambitions. The conversation touches on his difficult time in prison, the support he received, and his hopes for redemption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:24.0

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0:59.8

And I got a text, George is coming home.

1:03.8

So I tweet right away, I go, well, I'm really happy for my pal, George Santos.

1:07.9

I start getting all these negative texts and DMs.

1:11.5

Your pal, he's a criminal.

1:13.0

I said, first of all, I have friends were criminals.

1:16.3

That's, you know, I don't draw the line of criminals.

1:19.0

But he, the sentence he was given was somewhere between sublime and ridiculous, and I like

1:24.9

George, so say what you want.

1:26.7

I don't care.

1:27.4

Just like I don't care

1:28.4

if you're going to call me bad names because I'm concerned about my support for Curtis. I didn't

1:34.1

care when I was the guy out there supporting Trump and a lot of you, a lot of you were supporting

1:39.5

Nikki Haley and Rhonda Santis. I don't care. Santos is home and I'm happy.

1:44.8

And here he is.

1:46.0

Back on sitting friends in the morning.

1:48.1

You listen back to that conversation, George.

1:50.1

That was Monday.

1:51.2

You left on Friday.

1:52.5

That was literally four days before.

1:55.2

And now this conversation, where you are today, what a difference a couple of months

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