President Donald Trump dished on the authorized woes of Sean “Diddy” Combs, revealing that the mogul reached out by way of letter for a pardon. For the second time, President Trump acknowledged Diddy however stated he isn’t transferring ahead with granting the pardon.

President Trump sat down with The New York Occasions on Wednesday (January 7), one other of the previous enterprise magnate’s signature interviews that went in numerous instructions. Trump fielded questions on his household’s monetary pursuits and the continued state of affairs in Venezuela, in addition to different developments inside the administration.

The Occasions requested President Trump concerning the letter from Sean “Diddy” Combs searching for a pardon, together with presenting the names of different inmates to whom he equally gave robust denials. The names included Nicolás Maduro, Derek Chauvin, and Sam Bankman-Fried.

On the subject of Diddy, who was sentenced final October to 60 months in reference to a intercourse trafficking matter, Trump revealed within the chat that the pardon request from the Dangerous Boy Data honcho got here by way of a letter, however that’s as a lot as he would share about its contents regardless of providing to point out the Occasions reporter the correspondence in query. Nevertheless, the letter by no means materialized in the course of the speak.

The Occasions tried once more to ask to see the letter the next day, with the communications staff on the White Home directing the publication to refer again to President Trump’s feedback on the matter.

The pair knew one another socially earlier than Mr. Trump ran for president, however the president has steered that their relationship soured after Mr. Combs criticized his first presidency.

Particulars of the interview may be considered right here.

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