Ms. Greene, the hard-right House Republican from Georgia, called her former colleague’s seven-year sentence “excessive” in a letter to the U.S. pardon attorney.

Santos was convicted of 23 felony counts, prompting widespread scrutiny over the handling and consequences of political corruption cases.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday formally urged President Donald Trump to commute the prison sentence of former Republican congressman George Santos, calling his 87-month term a “grave injustice” and an example of unequal treatment under the law.