Pres. Trump Puts to Bed the Swirling Media

On Friday night, President Donald Trump sat down for a wide-ranging interview on his second administration with Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty.

In one phase, the president fields a query on the legacy media’s swirling hypothesis on him presumably pardoning or commuting the prison sentences of a number of latest, high-profile instances: Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell, and former Rep. George Santos (R-NJ). I’ll bounce shortly previous the latter two immediately, since Pres. Trump instructed the interviewer that he hasn’t spent a lot time contemplating their instances. 

About Santos, Trump stated, “He lied like hell,” including that while he did not personally know the former congressman, and “might have met him,” “[h]e was 100 percent for Trump.” The president jabbed “the other side” and the media for not attempting tougher to ferret out Santos’ alleged misdeed before he was elected. He added that no one has requested him to pardon Santos.

READ ALSO: New: Former NY Rep. George Santos Sentenced in Wire Fraud/Identity Theft Case

Finnerty also queried Trump about Jeffrey Epstein affiliate Maxwell’s 20-year sentence for intercourse trafficking, whether or not “clemency was on the table for her, in exchange for testimony.” 

Pres. Trump stated that while as president he has the authority to “give pardons to people,” as he did in his first time period, he does not know something about Ghislaine’s case and, like with George Santos, “nobody’s even asked me to do it.” We’ll circle back to Epstein shortly.

READ MORE: Speaker Johnson: Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Deserves Life in Prison’

As anticipated, the leftists who hover over every phrase that the president says–like vultures hoping to swoop down on some carrion they’ve seen from afar–thought they’d noticed a prime alternative to feast. Here’s how radical progressive messaging outfit, Meidas Touch, tried to spin his reply about Sean “Diddy” Combs:

Q: Sean Diddy Combs. Would you take into account pardoning him?

Well, he was primarily, I suppose, type of half harmless. Probably— I used to be very pleasant with him but when I ran for workplace he was very hostile and it’s arduous. So, I do not know, it is more troublesome.

Q: More possible a no?… pic.twitter.com/FrrzquR6qs

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 2, 2025

Q: More possible a no?

Trump: I might say so

Except of course that wasn’t all the things he stated. Facial expressions say so a lot, too, and during his reply, Trump’s face expresses the anguish you’d count on somebody to specific, whose previously close acquaintance has publicly trashed their relationship. He also has to reply as the President of the United States.

The dishonest schemers/influencers on the left rely on the people who obediently comply with their every post to not watch the full reply (See the video at the backside of the web page). Anyone who bothers to watch the video will also know that Donald Trump has all the time had a roundabout approach of answering questions; it is no completely different this time.

I can not go away this final clip out, since it is associated to the accusation the legacy media has been spreading related to the Jeffrey Epstein information, which they declare the administration hasn’t absolutely launched to shield Trump and/or has cut an immunity deal with Maxwell because the paperwork embrace dust on him. In his reply on Friday, Trump not only praises Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s work while grilling the former Epstein girlfriend for 9 hours–but offers what I believe is the best reply to date:

President Trump tells @RobFinnertyUSA that if Jeffrey Epstein information damaging to himself existed, then his political enemies would have introduced them to mild before the 2024 election — “unless they’re stupid, which to a certain extent, they are.” pic.twitter.com/AT2l9FiTIc

— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) August 2, 2025

The very people who labored so arduous with the Russia collusion hoax attempting to keep Trump from workplace would have used any precise dust in their possession against him when they’d control of the White House. That’s one thing the media and its leftist pals attempt desperately to wave away because it implicates them, too.

You can watch the full pardons phase below, courtesy of Newsmax:

President Trump reacts to media chatter of potential clemency or presidential pardons for figures like Ghislaine Maxwell, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and former Rep. George Santos. @RobFinnertyUSA pic.twitter.com/Hzd2ZaF2SA

— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) August 2, 2025

Editor’s Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.

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