The Trump White House is considering a pardon for Sean Combs

I still remember the relief I felt when Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to twenty years in prison back in 2022. It wasn’t enough, but I felt relieved that FINALLY justice had been done and there was some accountability for Ghislaine. Well, it’s looking inevitable that Donald Trump will pardon Ghislaine or commute her sentence or something. That’s one convicted sexual predator being released back into the wild. But Trump isn’t stopping there! Of course not. Deadline reports exclusively that Trump is heavily considering a pardon for Sean Combs, who was just recently convicted of two federal charges (but not convicted of racketeering or trafficking). Combs hasn’t even been sentenced yet – his sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 3. Is Trump going to pardon him before the sentencing??

Donald Trump is heavily weighing giving Sean “Diddy” Combs a full presidential pardon ahead of the convicted Bad Boy Records founder’s sentencing later this year. Nearly two months after Trump publicly entertained the notion of a Diddy pardon in an Oval Office gaggle, a comprehensive get out of jail card for Combs is being “seriously considered,” an administration source tells Deadline.

Additionally, as several associates of the much-accused and currently incarcerated “All About the Benjamins” performer have been pitching the White House, other insiders confirm the topic has leveled up from “just another Trump weave to an actionable event” since Combs was found partially guilty in the his NYC sex-trafficking trial earlier this month. Of course, as a number of parties attest, this being the roller coaster of Trumpworld, any decision on a Combs pardon is in flux until POTUS actually puts his signature on paper.

Repeatedly denied a $50 million bond and release from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since his arrest last September, Combs could end up spending two to three years in a federal prison upon his sentencing on October 3 by Judge Arun Subramanian. Any sentence certainly would include time already served by Combs. Even with that, and the feds seeking the maximum under sentencing guidelines, an appeal is widely expected to be launched by the 10-attorney-deep defense almost immediately after sentencing occurs.

Contacted by Deadline, Combs’ defense team led by Marc Agnifilo and Teny Gerago had “no comment” on any pardon talk for their client. While a number of individuals close to Combs both personally and professionally have been very active in seeking White House recourse for the Grammy winner, the defense team itself has had no significant participation in the process, I hear. Up on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the reply was that “the White House will not comment on the existence or nonexistence of any clemency request,” according to an administration official.

[From Deadline]

Well. I’m not surprised that Combs’ associates are already lobbying for this, nor am I surprised that the Trump White House is considering it. What’s striking about this administration is their lack of care for the political optics. Usually, even despicable people care about how things look to a wider audience. Combs’ conviction was popular across demographics. If anything, a wide swath of people wanted Combs convicted on more charges. Only the worst misogynists in the country were defending Combs in any way. But it’s no surprise that Trump would take the side of the worst misogynists.

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19 Responses to “The Trump White House is considering a pardon for Sean Combs”

  1. This does not surprise me at all. It’s the uniting of all the sex traffickers. The MAGA and other cheaters helped put the biggest head of sex trafficking in the White House and they will all pay for pardons one way or another! It’s the most disgusting, disgraceful regime the US has ever had!!!!!!

  2. Tate says:

    But of course.

  3. CNEL says:

    🤢🤢🤢🤢
    🤮🤮🤮🤮

  4. Aimee says:

    The optics on this would be terrible especially now with all this Epstein drama. But it will only confirm that our President is an awful human being. Not that anyone needs reminding.

  5. FYI says:

    Combs will pay Trump cold hard cash to get pardoned. That’s it. The presidency is for sale! It is absolute corruption, on display for all to see.

    • SueBarbri33 says:

      Indeed. Same with Larry Hoover’s people. It’s easy to sell your soul and pay bribes to Boss Hog when you 1. Have the dough and 2. Are facing a jail sentence and 3. Are yourself up to your elbows in criminal enterprises. The Empire is certainly Striking Back, isn’t it? And there’s no Han Solo or Luke Skywalker on the other side now–nothing but Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and Billionaire Pritzker. What a time to be alive.

    • dreamchild says:

      Cool let P pay T alot of money. However there is not enough money to restore a reputation. No one is going to work or party with him. He is persona non grata going forward. Just like T, God willing.

  6. Dude says:

    Gang
    Of
    Pedophiles

  7. Lisa says:

    The word is the cost of a Trump pardon is 1million dollars I’m sure Diddy already deposited it in Trumps acct. No surprise about Maxwell she knows too much and he doesn’t want her talking.

  8. Miranda says:

    In exchange for a few million dollars and the contact info for Combs’ event planner, no doubt..

  9. Sue says:

    I have never seen anyone try so many distraction tactics all at once in my life. He is so implicated.

    God I am so sick of seeing his disgusting, bloated, fascist face.

    • Miranda says:

      The sheer breathtaking stupidity to try and distract from his own ties to one notorious sexual predator by announcing that he wants to pardon another…

  10. Vicki says:

    Now is the time of monsters.

  11. Bumblebee says:

    At this point the courts are toothless. Unless you get charged and indicted in a state court with a governor who doesn’t give out pardons like candy.

  12. Arhus says:

    Such a bad look. Why would he even?

  13. Bethy says:

    The WH released a statement saying they don’t comment on clemency cases yet this dingus told the press he’s seriously considering it. Either this is one of his in two weeks lies, or he’s actually going to pardon him…..or he’ll say he was going to but they told him it wouldn’t look good. Anything to distract from actual problems.

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