Trump reacts to question on pardoning Diddy, says he would certainly look at the facts
Trump reacts to a question of pardoning Sean Diddy who is facing trial in sex trafficking case.
President Donald Trump in his Oval Office press conference Friday said Diddy used to like him a lot when he was asked whether he would consider pardoning Diddy. "I would certainly look af the facts.
I haven't been watching it too closely. I haven;t spoken to him in years," Trump said adding that if somebody was mistreated, "whether they like me or don't like me, it wouldn't have any impact".
"Nobody asked, but I know people are thinking about it I think people have been very close to asking," Trump said.
Diddy's trial is now in its third week as the rapper faces federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Diddy's ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified over four days about a decade-long abusive relationship with Combs, alleging physical assaults, rape, and coerced participation in "freak offs." She described incidents requiring stitches and bruising, including a 2015 assault on a private jet and a beating at Prince's house where security intervened
Rapper Kid Cudi testified on May 22 about Combs breaking into his home in 2011 after learning of his brief relationship with Ventura.
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Weeks later, Cudi's car was set on fire, which prosecutors link to Combs.
Will Diddy seek pardon from Trump?
Since Trump's election in November 2024, Combs' longtime associates have reportedly been reaching out to Trump administration officials to lay the groundwork for a potential pardon or commutation banking on their decades-long acquaintance and Trump's past praise of Combs as a 'good friend' on a 2012 episode of The Celebrity Apprentice. A source close to Combs told Rolling Stone that he is 'willing to do anything to get out of jail,' despite previously distancing himself from Trump politically.
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