Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs say they contacted President Donald Trump following the rapper's conviction for two prostitution-related charges.
Sources close to Combs' legal team confirmed to NBC News that they had contacted the Trump administration.
This comes after Combs' defense team member Nicole Westmoreland told CNN in an exclusive interview earlier this week that Music Mogul's team had contacted Trump for potential pardons.
“It's my understanding that we reached out and had a conversation about pardon,” Westmoreland told the outlet.
Westmoreland added that Combs is “a very hopeful man and I believe he has hope.”
When asked about a potential pardon, White House officials told CNN “will not comment on the existence or presence of tolerant demands.”
Last week, Trump told Newsmax that Combs' lawyers “talked me about Sean,” but it's unlikely to lent the music mogul.
“I was very friendly with him. I worked well with him and he looked like a good guy. I didn't know him very well. But when I took office he was very hostile,” Trump said.
“And that's difficult, do you know? I'm like you. We're humans, right? And we don't want to cloud our judgment,” Trump continued. “But I don't know because you know who you are, you are fine, you run to the office and he makes some terrible statements, so I don't know. It's even more difficult.
When asked if Trump would likely be “no” to grant comb tolerance, he said, “I'd say that.”
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This is not the first time Trump has been asked whether he would consider pardoning the comb.
When Fox News' Peter Doocy asked a question in May, Trump said he “certainly sees the facts,” adding that “no one asks,” but “people are thinking about it.”
Trump also said he had not seen or spoken combs in years and had not followed his trial closely.
News that Combs' team will reach out to Trump comes after a judge said the rapper must stay in prison until he is sentenced in October.
Combs has been behind the bar since his arrest in September. He faced federal accusations that he was forcing his girlfriend to have a drug-fueled sex marathon with a male sex worker.
He was acquitted last month at the top fees – assault and sex trafficking.
When rejecting Combs' US$50 million bond proposal, Judge Arun Subramanian said Combs had not proven that it poses no risk or risk of flight, and presented a “exceptional situation” justifying his release after a conviction that otherwise required detention.
The Combs argument “may be tracted in cases that do not involve evidence of violence, coercion or conquest related to the act of prostitution in question, but the records here contain all three evidences,” the judge wrote.
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In a court filing, Combs' defense attorney Mark Agnifilo argued that the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn were “dangerous,” and that defendants who were previously convicted of prostitution-related charges similar to Combs were usually announced prior to their sentence.
Combs' ruling is scheduled for October 3rd.
“Mr. Combs was a model prisoner for almost a year of confinement, but the violent situation remains a very concern for Mr. Combs and an unnecessary risk of confinement,” writes Agnifilo.
At Combs' trial, the rapper pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers argued that the prosecutor was trying to criminalize Combs' swinger lifestyle.
In all, 34 witnesses testified, and found “Jane,” where Combs' ex-girlfriends Cassie (R&B Singer Born Casandra Ventura) and “Jane” testified under the pseudonym. Both women said he was often violent towards them. Ventura said he forced her into hundreds of sexual encounters with paid male sex workers, and Jane spoke many “hotel nights.”
However, Combs' lawyers continued to argue that he “should not go to prison for this act.”
“In fact, he may be the only person currently in an American prison, and the only person in prison to hire an adult male escort for him and his girlfriend.
Combs' legal team had similar arguments with Subramanian after his sentence, asking the hip-hop mogul to give bail.
Subramanian declined, saying that the applicable law did not allow Combs' release at the time.
Among other reasons, the judge pointed to Combs' violent history. “In trial, the defense acknowledged the violence in the accused's personal relationship and said it happened with Cathy and Jane.”
Combs' conviction holds a potential prison potential of up to 10 years. However, there are complex federal guidelines for calculating sentences in a particular case, and the prosecutor and Kushi's lawyers essentially disagree with how guidelines for his case will come out.
– Use files from Associated Press
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