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Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into 7-Year Sentence

November 29, 2025 at 10:46 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims,” the New York Times reports.

“David Gentile, 59, a onetime resident of Nassau County, N.Y., had reported to prison on Nov. 14, and was released on Wednesday.”

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