Donald Trump is reportedly contemplating commuting Diddy’s 50-month jail sentence, a transfer that might set the Hip-Hop mogul free inside days.
Sean “Diddy” Combs could stroll free this week as Donald Trump mulls over a sentence commutation for the Hip-Hop mogul convicted of violating the Mann Act and serving time in federal jail.
Trump is reportedly contemplating slicing brief Combs’ 50-month sentence, a transfer that will enable the music govt to depart jail instantly, in response to a senior White Home official who confirmed the deliberation.
Combs has already served 13 months and, underneath normal circumstances, might be launched in about two years with credit score for time served.
“Trump will do what he desires,” the official informed TMZ. The supply added that Trump is “vacillating” on whether or not to approve the commutation.
Combs was sentenced in October after being discovered responsible on two federal counts of transporting girls for prostitution throughout state traces.
Together with the jail time period, he obtained 5 years of supervised launch and a $500,000 advantageous.
He filed an attraction on Monday (October 20) to problem each the conviction and the sentence.
The request for clemency got here shortly after Combs’ sentencing, when his authorized group reached out to a senior White Home official with direct entry to Trump.
Trump publicly acknowledged the attraction for mercy simply days later, telling reporters he was conscious of the petition.
Although the connection between Trump and Combs has been strained—Combs backed Joe Biden within the 2020 election—Trump hasn’t dominated out granting clemency.
The timing of the potential commutation is notable. Simply final week, Trump commuted the sentence of former Rep. George Santos, signaling a willingness to train his clemency powers early in his new time period.
If permitted, Combs can be launched instantly, although he would nonetheless be topic to the remaining phrases of his sentence, together with supervised launch and the monetary penalty.
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