Overview
- Trump told the New York Times that Combs sought clemency by letter, invited reporters to see it, did not produce it, and offered no explanation for his decision.
- Combs was convicted in July after a two‑month federal trial of transporting people for prostitution, as jurors rejected sex‑trafficking and conspiracy charges.
- He was sentenced in October to roughly 50 months in prison and a $500,000 fine, and he remains incarcerated.
- Trump has previously said Combs’s political hostility during the campaign made a pardon more difficult.
- Since returning to the White House, Trump has granted extensive clemency, with reports citing more than 1,550 pardons, including about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants and Ross Ulbricht.