President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested a presidential pardon.
The request from Combs follows the rapper’s conviction on federal prostitution charges.
Trump revealed the request while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office about unrelated pardon discussions.
The president acknowledged that Combs had joined the list of public figures seeking clemency.
Combs is better known by his stage names Puff Daddy and P. Diddy.
“I have a lot of people who have asked me for pardons,” Trump said.
“I call him Puff Daddy, [he] has asked me for a pardon.”
Combs was sentenced last week after being found guilty of transportation for prostitution.
He was previously acquitted on more serious counts, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and coercing women into unwanted sex.
“He was essentially, I guess, sort of half-innocent,” Trump continued.
“I was very friendly with him.
“I get 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. And it’s hard.
“Like you, we’re human beings and we don’t like to have things cloud our judgment.
“But when you knew someone and you were fine, and then you run for office and he made some terrible statements.”
Trump suggested Combs’ chances of a pardon were slim.
Pressed by reporters on whether a pardon was “likely a no for Combs,” Trump said: “I’d say so.”
Marc Agnifilo, Combs’ lead defense attorney, told media outlets he had no involvement with any pardon request.
“I am not involved in that in the least,” Agnifilo said.
“I have literally no idea.
“There are times I think there’s nothing to it, and there are times I think it’s just rumor mill stuff.
“But, I do not purport to know the president’s mind. I really don’t know.”
The confirmation comes as Trump faces increasing public pressure over his pardon powers.
Critics on the Left are accusing the president of politicizing clemency.
However, Trump supporters argue that he has exposed deep corruption in federal prosecutions.
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