Trump Confirms Diddy Requested a Pardon from Him
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs sought a presidential pardon in connection with his federal criminal case.
During an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday, Trump revealed that “a lot of people have asked me for pardons,” including Combs, who was recently sentenced to more than four years in prison for two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
In August, Diddy’s attorney, Nicole Westmoreland, disclosed to CNN that his legal team had contacted the Trump administration about a possible pardon.
“It’s my understanding that we’ve reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon,” she said at the time.
Trump previously indicated to Newsmax that he was unlikely to grant Combs a pardon, stating that “I was very friendly with him… but when I ran for office, he was very hostile. That makes it more difficult to do.”
Meanwhile, Combs’ lawyers have asked the sentencing judge, Arun Subramanian, to recommend that he serve his term at a low-security federal prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he can receive treatment for drug abuse and maintain family contact.
