Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ authorized workforce has reportedly been in touch with President Donald Trump a few pardon for the disgraced music mogul.
One of many attorneys on Combs’ protection workforce has revealed that they approached Trump’s administration for a pardon.
“It’s my understanding that we’ve reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon,” Nicole Westmoreland, a member of Combs’ protection workforce, advised CNN on Tuesday, Aug. 5. When she was requested how the Dangerous Boy founder feels about his possibilities for a pardon, Westmoreland advised the outlet that Diddy “is a really hopeful particular person and I consider that he stays hopeful.”
Following her interview, a White Home official advised CNN they “won’t touch upon the existence or nonexistence of any clemency request.”
Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution on July 2, after an nearly two-month federal trial in New York Metropolis. He was acquitted on extra critical expenses of racketeering and intercourse trafficking.
Diddy has been held on the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Heart since he was arrested in September 2024. His authorized workforce has since made 5 unsuccessful makes an attempt to get him launched from custody on bail, with Decide Arun Subramanian denying their newest movement on Aug. 4.
Again in Could, Trump was requested about pardoning Combs, per ABC Information, which got here even earlier than his trial ended. On the time, the president advised reporters he “will surely take a look at the information,” including, “If I feel somebody was mistreated it wouldn’t matter whether or not they like me or don’t.”
Following the conclusion of his trial, Trump was requested once more about the potential of pardoning Combs throughout an interview with Newsmax on Aug. 1, the place he sand a distinct tune.
“Effectively, he was primarily, I suppose, type of half-innocent,” Trump stated. “I don’t know what they do, nonetheless in jail or one thing. However he was celebrating a victory, however I suppose it wasn’t pretty much as good of a victory.”
Trump added that he “didn’t know him nicely” and that Combs was “very hostile” when he ran for workplace.
“We’re human beings. We don’t wish to have issues cloud our judgment, proper? However whenever you knew somebody and also you had been high-quality and then you definitely run for workplace and he made some horrible statements,” he continued. “So, I don’t know. It’s tougher. Makes it extra, I’m being trustworthy, makes it tougher to do.”
Combs’ sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 3. He faces a most sentence of 20 years in jail.
