Sean “Diddy” Combs asks for pardon after the application for dismissal failed.
At the beginning of the week, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attempted attempt to get the rapper imprisoned for promoting prostitution against a deposit of $ 50 million (€ 44 million). However, the attempt failed due to the judge Subramanian. Now his lawyer Nicole Westmoreland confirmed that Combs team was in contact with people from the Trump administration in order to ask for the president’s pardon.
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How good his chances of pardon really are will be shown. President Trump has already pronounced some controversial pardons during his tenure. For example, for reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion. Or for the more than 1,500 rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The President also alleviated the sentence for a number of hip-hop personalities such as Kodak Black or Lil Wayne.
Trump is skeptical
In an interview with the news channel Newsmax Trump indicated that he was considering pardoning his “former friend”: “He was basically half innocent … I was very friendly to him, I got on well with him and he seemed to be a nice guy”. However, the 74-year-old also complained: “When I ran for the office, he was very hostile”. After Trump lost to former President Joe Biden in the 2020 election campaign, Combs said in his multi-platform network “Revolt.tv“:” White men like Trump have to be banished “. The top priority is to remove Trump from the office. When asked whether Combs could destroy comments, he confirmed that they would definitely make the situation “more difficult”.
Despite criticism: Combs remains hopeful
Megyn Kelly, a conservative supporter of Trump, reacted violently to the reports of possible pardon. The former Fox News presenter wrote on X: “He didn’t deserve it. He is a Trump hater. He is a female abuse. The Maga supporters are already upset that the elites seem to cover each other. That would not help”. As far as the assessment of Sean Combs lawyer team in terms of his chances of pardon, Westmoreland said: “He is a hopeful person. I believe that he remains hopeful”. At the request of CNN, however, a representative of the White House said that “no opinion on the existence or non-existence of a request for mercy would be made”.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted last year for promoting prostitution, but acquitted by more serious lawsuits in terms of sex trade and organized crime.