Overview

• Defense filed a July 29 motion asking Judge Subramanian to reconsider mandatory detention and release Combs on a $50 million bond pending sentencing.
• The motion cites “exceptional circumstances,” arguing Combs’s prosecution under the 1910 Mann Act for consensual adult encounters is unprecedented.
• Judge Subramanian has denied multiple bail requests, pointing to Combs’s admitted history of violence toward former partners and concerns about public safety.
• Federal prosecutors have until July 31 to respond to the bond application while Combs remains held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
• Unnamed White House sources report President Trump is seriously considering issuing Combs a full presidential pardon ahead of his October 3 sentencing.