Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop star serving a four-year prison sentence for prostitution-related crimes, has been denied a pardon by US President Donald Trump. Combs had sent Trump a letter requesting clemency, but Trump stated in an interview with The New York Times that he doesn’t plan to grant it
Combs, 56, was convicted in July 2025 of two counts of transporting people across state lines for prostitution, but acquitted of more serious charges like sex trafficking and racketeering. Trump cited Combs’ past criticism of him as a factor in his decision, saying it “makes a pardon ‘more difficult to do
Trump also ruled out pardons for other high-profile individuals, including deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, disgraced crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried, and former Democratic senator Robert Menendez
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