Trump Confirms Sean “Diddy” Combs Has Sought Presidential Pardon

President Donald Trump has confirmed that Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested a presidential pardon related to his federal criminal case.

During a Monday interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about a possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, Trump mentioned that “a lot of people have asked me for pardons,” citing Combs among them. The music mogul was sentenced last Friday to over four years in prison after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

In August, Combs’ attorney Nicole Westmoreland told CNN that the defense team had reached out to the Trump administration regarding a potential pardon. “It’s my understanding that we’ve reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon,” she said.

Trump had previously suggested a pardon for Combs was unlikely, noting in a Newsmax interview, “I was very friendly with him, I got along with him great and he seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well. But when I ran for office, he was very hostile.” He added that this tension made granting a pardon “more difficult to do.”