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 might 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 quick Combs’ 50-month sentence, a transfer that will permit the music government to go away jail instantly, in response to a senior White Home official who confirmed the deliberation.
Combs has already served 13 months and, below commonplace circumstances, may very well be launched in about two years with credit score for time served.
“Trump will do what he needs,” the official instructed 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 strains.
Together with the jail time period, he acquired 5 years of supervised launch and a $500,000 high quality.
He filed an enchantment 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 enchantment 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 authorized, 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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