Trump says he won't pardon Sean Combs because "when I ran for office, he was very hostile" [View all]
The hip-hop titan was recently acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking at his federal trial but was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. It’s against this backdrop that there’s been considerable speculation of late about whether Combs might receive a presidential pardon. With this in mind, NBC News reported:
Trump said during tonight’s [Friday’s] Newsmax interview that he was unlikely to pardon Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, saying that the musician who was convicted on two counts during his federal sexual abuse trial was ‘very hostile’ during Trump’s presidential campaign. ‘I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great, and he seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well, but when I ran for office, he was very hostile,’ Trump said during the interview.
Asked if he was probably a “no” on pardoning Combs, the Republican president replied: “I would say so, yeah.”
As the interview progressed, Trump focused not on the case, the allegations or the factual details, but rather on his personal feelings about his own ego.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/asked-possible-pardon-sean-diddy-combs-trump-says-quiet-part-loud-rcna222970
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