Diddy’s Defense Team Has ‘Had Conversations’ With…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ legal group has reportedly been in contact with President Donald Trump about a pardon for the disgraced music mogul.
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One of the attorneys on Combs’ protection group 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 group, told GWN on Tuesday, Aug. 5. When she was requested how the Bad Boy founder feels about his probabilities for a pardon, Westmoreland told the outlet that Diddy “is a very hopeful person and I believe that he remains hopeful.”
Following her interview, a White House official told GWN they “will not comment on the existence or nonexistence of any clemency request.”
Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution on July 2, after an nearly two-month federal trial in New York City. He was acquitted on more critical fees of racketeering and intercourse trafficking.
Diddy has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024. His legal group has since made 5 unsuccessful makes an attempt to get him launched from custody on bail, with Judge Arun Subramanian denying their latest movement on Aug. 4.
Back in May, Trump was requested about pardoning Combs, per ABC News, which got here even before his trial ended. At the time, the president told reporters he “would certainly look at the facts,” including, “If I think someone was mistreated it wouldn’t matter whether they like me or don’t.”
Following the conclusion of his trial, Trump was requested again about the likelihood of pardoning Combs during an interview with Newsmax on Aug. 1, where he sand a different tune.
“Well, he was essentially, I guess, sort of half-innocent,” Trump said. “I don’t know what they do, still in jail or something. But he was celebrating a victory, but I guess it wasn’t as good of a victory.”
Trump added that he “didn’t know him well” and that Combs was “very hostile” when he ran for workplace.
“We’re human beings. We don’t like to have things cloud our judgment, right? But when you knew someone and you were fine and then you run for office and he made some terrible statements,” he continued. “So, I don’t know. It’s more difficult. Makes it more, I’m being honest, makes it more difficult to do.”
Combs’ sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 3. He faces a most sentence of 20 years in prison.
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