<p id="par-1_18"><a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/sean-diddy-combs-considering-lawsuit-50-cents-netflix-documentary.html/">Sean “Diddy” Combs</a> reached out to Donald Trump about a pardon, the president said in a recent interview. </p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-donald-trumps-says-diddy-has-requested-a-pardon">Donald Trumps says Diddy has requested a pardon </h2>
<p id="par-2_32">Trump spoke with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/sean-combs-pardon.html">The New York Times</a> on January 7. During the conversation, he revealed that Diddy, 56, had “<a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/donald-trump-pardon-diddy-criminal-defense-lawyer-gives-reasons.html/">asked me for a pardon</a>,” adding that the request came “through a letter.”</p>
<p id="par-3_21">The Times asked about when the letter was sent, to which Trump replied, “Oh, would you like to see that letter?”</p>
<p id="par-4_38">The president did not actually show The Times the alleged letter, and The White House did not share a copy of the letter and its contents when asked. Trump said that he did not intend to pardon Diddy. </p>
<p id="par-5_44">Combs is currently serving 50 months behind bars in <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/sean-diddy-combs-fci-fort-dix-former-inmate-prison-kiddie-camp.html/">a federal prison in New Jersey</a>. The hip-hop mogul was convicted on two prostitution-related charges in July 2025 but acquitted of several more serious crimes, including sex trafficking and racketeering. He is appealing his conviction.</p>
<p id="par-6_17">Combs’ legal team did not respond to the Times’ request for comment about the pardon request letter. </p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bad-boy-records-founder-made-nasty-statements-trump-said-in-2025">Bad Boy Records founder made ‘nasty statements,’ Trump said in 2025</h2>
<p id="par-7_18">Trump previously addressed a potential pardon for the Bad Boy Records co-founder in a May 2025 press briefing.</p>
<p id="par-8_20">“I know they’re thinking about it,” Trump said (via <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-asked-pardoning-sean-diddy-combs-122360142" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ABC News</a>). “I think people have been very close to asking.”</p>
<p id="par-9_26">But Trump went on to suggest that he’d be less likely to consider a pardon for Diddy because of “nasty statements” the hip-hop mogul had made. </p>
<p id="par-10_24">“He used to really like me a lot. I think when I ran for politics, that relationship sort of busted up,” the president said. </p>
<p id="par-11_29">“I don’t know. I would certainly look at the facts. If I think somebody was mistreated whether they like me or don’t, it wouldn’t have any impact,” he added. </p>
<p id="par-12_11">Diddy spoke critically of Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election. </p>
<p id="par-13_50">“Seeing what’s going on, white men like Trump need to be banished,” he told Charlamagne Tha God during an appearance on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPrwCM0H9z8"><em>Revolt TV</em></a>. “That way of thinking, it’s real dangerous. This man literally threatened the lives of us and our families about going to vote. ‘Stand back and stand by.’”</p>
<p id="par-14_21">“We’re in a war of love versus hate,” he added. “The number one priority is to get Trump out of office.”</p>
<p id="par-15_44">In his second term in office, Trump has granted pardons to a number of high-profile individuals, including former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, ex-MLB player Darryl Strawberry, rapper NBA YoungBoy (whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden), and <em>Chrisley Knows Best </em>stars Todd and Julie Chrisley.</p>
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