A White Home spokesperson mentioned it “will not comment on the existence or nonexistence of any clemency request”.
On Tuesday, the rapper was denied bail forward of his sentencing in October, when he may resist 20 years in jail after he was convicted of prostitution-related offences.
The sentence will probably be a lot shorter than that, nevertheless.
In July, he was discovered responsible of two counts of transportation for prostitution – however cleared of extra critical expenses of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking, which carried potential life sentences.
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Combs reacts after the verdicts are learn out in court docket. File pic: Reuters
The president appeared to forged doubt that he would grant a pardon, nevertheless.
“You know, I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great. And seemed like a nice guy, I didn’t know him well,” Trump mentioned. “But when I ran for office, he was very hostile.”
“I don’t know,” Trump mentioned. “It makes it more – I’m being honest, it makes it more difficult to do.”
Trump was then requested, “more likely a ‘no’ for Combs?”
Trump responded: “I would say so.”
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How the Diddy trial unfolded
Combs, who co-founded Dangerous Boy Data and launched the profession of the late Infamous BIG, was for many years an enormous determine in popular culture, in addition to a Grammy-winning hip-hop artist and enterprise entrepreneur, who presided over an empire starting from trend to actuality TV.
Now, in addition to the felony conviction, he’s additionally dealing with a number of civil lawsuits.
