Trump Says He Hasn't Selected Diddy Pardon: “He Was Very Hostile [to Me]”

Donald Trump says he has but to determine whether or not to pardon Sean “Diddy” Combs for his intercourse crimes conviction, admitting that Combs being “very hostile to me” throughout his first time period is enjoying a task within the determination.

The president made the feedback throughout an interview on Newsmax on Friday, the place he was particularly requested whether or not he’s contemplating pardoning Combs. “Effectively, he was basically, I assume, kind of half harmless. [He’s] nonetheless in jail or one thing, however he was celebrating a victory. However I assume it wasn’t pretty much as good of a victory,” Trump stated of Combs’ intercourse crimes case, wherein he was convicted on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. Nonetheless, Combs was acquitted of the extra critical costs associated to racketeering and intercourse trafficking.

“I used to be very pleasant with [Combs. Seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well.” Trump continued. “But when I ran for office, he was very hostile — and it’s hard. We don’t like to have things cloud our judgment, right? So I don’t know. It’s more difficult.”

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Earlier this week, Deadline reported that Trump was “seriously considering” pardoning Combs, who faces up to 20 years in prison. Past reporting suggested that Combs’ team was hoping to appeal to Trump by drawing a comparison between their shared stories — two successful businessmen supposedly targeted by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York with “baseless” accusations of sexual assault.

Combs’ sentencing date is set for October 3rd.

Q: Sean Diddy Combs. Would you consider pardoning him? 

Well, he was essentially, I guess, sort of half innocent. Probably— I was very friendly with him but when I ran for office he was very hostile and it’s hard. So, I don’t know, it’s more difficult.

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