Overview

• President Trump said Combs asked him for clemency and gave no commitment on granting it after previously suggesting a pardon was unlikely.
• Combs was sentenced to 50 months following convictions on two Mann Act transportation counts after acquittals on sex‑trafficking and racketeering charges.
• Defense attorneys asked Judge Arun Subramanian to recommend FCI Fort Dix so Combs can enter a residential drug‑treatment program and maximize family access.
• The judge has not decided whether to issue a placement recommendation, and any guidance would be nonbinding on the Bureau of Prisons.
• Combs has been held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since September 2024 with credit for time served, leaving roughly three years remaining, according to reporting.