Overview
- A White House official said there is "zero truth" to TMZ's claim that President Trump is considering commuting Sean "Diddy" Combs' sentence this week.
- TMZ reported an anonymous high‑ranking official said Trump was "vacillating" on clemency and could act within days, and the outlet says it stands by its story.
- Combs was sentenced on Oct. 3 to 50 months for two Mann Act convictions, fined $500,000, and ordered to five years of supervised release, with roughly 13 months credited as time served.
- His legal team filed a notice of appeal in the Southern District of New York on Oct. 20, signaling plans to challenge the conviction and/or sentence.
- Trump acknowledged on Oct. 6 that Combs asked for a pardon, and speculation has intensified following the president’s recent commutation of former Rep. George Santos’ sentence, though Combs remains held at MDC Brooklyn pending Bureau of Prisons placement.