Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently serving a four-year federal sentence for pr0stitution-related offences, has asked President Donald Trump for a pardon, a request Trump says he does not intend to grant.
In an interview with The New York Times published Thursday, January
8, Trump confirmed that Combs had written to him seeking clemency, but the
president indicated he was not inclined to approve it. Combs, 56, was convicted
in July of two counts of transporting individuals across state lines for
purposes of pr0stitution. He was acquitted on more serious charges including s3x
trafficking and racketeering.
Trump also ruled out pardons for several other high-profile
figures, including former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who was seized by
U.S. forces over the weekend and faces drug-trafficking charges. “No, I don’t
see that,” Trump said when asked about granting Maduro clemency.
The president similarly dismissed the idea of pardons for
disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried, serving 25 years for financial
crimes, and former Democratic senator Robert Menendez, serving 11 years for
bribery. Trump said he had not been asked about a possible pardon for former
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted of the 2020 murder of
George Floyd, an incident that triggered nationwide racial justice protests.
Trump has issued widespread pardons since returning to
office, including more than 1,500 people linked to the January 6, 2021 Capitol
attack, as well as a series of other political allies and loyalists.
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