Overview
- TMZ reported a high-ranking White House official said the president was “vacillating” on a commutation for Sean “Diddy” Combs as soon as this week, with some staff urging against it.
- The White House told multiple outlets there is “zero truth” to the TMZ story and labeled it fake news, stressing the president is the final decider on clemency.
- TMZ said it stands by its reporting after the denial, and no presidential clemency for Combs has been announced.
- Combs was sentenced on Oct. 3 to 50 months for Mann Act violations, with a $500,000 fine and five years of supervised release, and he has about 13 months credited as time served.
- Combs’ lawyers filed a notice of appeal on Monday and requested placement at FCI Fort Dix, while he remains at Brooklyn’s MDC as the Bureau of Prisons determines housing; coverage notes Trump’s recent commutation of George Santos as context.