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Erik Swann

‘This Is Something That Is Very Rarely Given’: R. Kelly’s Lawyer Weighs In On How Diddy Could Still Get A Trump Pardon

Sean "Diddy" Combs talks on The Wendy Williams Show.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has officially been transferred to another penitentiary to start his prison sentence. As it stands, the 55-year-old music star is set to serve his sentence of four years (or about 50 months). However, there’s also still a question of whether he could receive a pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump. POTUS has shared mixed thoughts on the matter thus far, though some legal experts still think it’s possible. In fact, one of R. Kelly’s lawyers is now weighing in on how Combs could still receive clemency.

Nicole Blank Becker became Robert “R” Kelly’s lawyer in 2019, at which time the singer was facing various sexual abuse-related allegations. In 2021 and 2022, Kelly was convicted on multiple charges, and he’s currently serving a 31-year sentence. While her client didn’t receive a pardon, Becker believes it’s “certainly not out of the realm” of possibility for Diddy. As she explained to Fox News Digital, though, there needs to be more to the situation than meets the eye:

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