Overview

• President Donald Trump told reporters that Sean “Diddy” Combs asked for a presidential pardon and said he would review it with the Justice Department, offering no indication of his decision.
• Combs’ lawyers filed a motion asking Judge Arun Subramanian to strongly recommend FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey so he can enter the Residential Drug Abuse Program and stay closer to family.
• Judges can recommend facility designations, but the Bureau of Prisons makes the final placement decision; the court has not ruled on Combs’ Fort Dix request.
• Combs was sentenced on Oct. 3 to 50 months in federal prison, a $500,000 fine and five years of supervised release after July convictions on two Mann Act counts, with credit for time served at MDC Brooklyn since September 2024.
• His legal team says it will appeal the sentence, and Combs continues to face more than 100 civil lawsuits alleging sexual violence and exploitation, which he denies.