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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Donald Trump and Melania Trump on 6 February 2008 in New York City.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Donald Trump and Melania Trump on 6 February 2008 in New York City. Photograph: Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Donald Trump says he considers Sean ‘“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism.

Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.

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