Donald Trump Considers Pardoning Sean 'Diddy' Combs; White House Refrains From Any Comment

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Written by: Greg Lewis

Published on July 30, 2025, 10:00a.m. EST

President Donald J. Trump has made a statement in reference to pardoning the multi million dollar music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs who is currently convicted of sex trafficking to engage in prostitution.

Although Diddy is patiently awaiting his sentencing in October, the presidential pardon would allow the rapper and business mogul to walk free from imprisonment.

Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking a couple of weeks ago. In May, Trump claimed that he would look into the matters of Diddy and his legal case if he ever felt that the rapper was unfairly treated, whether they like him or not.

However, the decision was not furthered until now, as the administrative sources have confirmed that the Oval Office has picked up the issue, according to Deadline.

Diddy has been behind the prison walls since September 2024, and could face a maximum of three years of imprisonment after Judge Arun Subramanian sentences him on October 3.

Additionally, the ‘All About the Benjamins’ rapper has been repeatedly denied from USD 50 million bond and a release from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. His lawyers did not comment, but several people who are close to the Bad Boy Records co-founder are actively seeking help from the White House.

When asked for a response by the aforementioned media outlet, the administration official stated, “The White House will not comment on the existence or nonexistence of any clemency request.” Trump and Combs had been in good standing with each other for decades, until the latter championed Republican Joe Biden during the 2020 elections and criticized the now-President of the United States.

Insisting that no one has officially asked for Diddy’s pardon, Trump previously claimed that many people have been thinking about it and were close to asking. “I haven’t seen him. I haven’t seen him. I haven’t spoken to him in years. He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics, sort of that relationship busted up,” Trump said about Combs. The 79-year-old recently gave pardons to Todd and Julie Chrisley, the reality show stars who were sentenced in 2022 after fraud and tax evasion convictions, according to Deadline.