Overview

• President Trump has moved discussions of a full presidential pardon for Sean “Diddy” Combs into formal White House consideration ahead of Combs’s October 3 sentencing.
• Combs was convicted in June on two counts under the Mann Act and faces a likely federal prison term of two to three years.
• The White House has declined to confirm or deny any clemency request in the case.
• Combs’s legal team filed a motion on July 31 asking Judge Arun Subramanian to overturn his prostitution convictions or grant a new trial, arguing the Mann Act has been misapplied.
• His defense has also renewed calls for pre-sentencing release on a $50 million bond, citing unprecedented detention conditions at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.