Is Donald Trump Pardoning Diddy? White House Responds To TMZ’s Report

A spokesperson for the White Home has issued a response to TMZ’s report that claimed Donald Trump was contemplating a pardon for Diddy, earlier this week. In a press release offered to NBC Information, the official countered that there’s “zero fact” to the thought of the President weighing a pardon for the disgraced music business mogul.

“There may be zero fact to the TMZ report, which we might’ve gladly defined had they reached out earlier than operating their pretend information,” the official advised the outlet. “The President, not nameless sources, is the ultimate decider on pardons and commutations.”

Whatever the assertion, TMZ spokesperson Casey Carver stood by the story when reached for remark by NBC Information. They advised the outlet: “We stand by our story.” Within the preliminary report, TMZ employees wrote: “In line with our supply, the President is ‘vacillating’ on a commutation. We’re advised a few of the W.H. employees are urging Trump to not commute the sentence. However, our supply states the apparent — ‘Trump will do what he needs,’ and we’re advised Trump might set Diddy free as early as this week.”

Diddy is presently behind bars after Decide Arun Subramanian issued him a 50-month sentence. The choice got here after a jury discovered him responsible on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution in his high-profile legal trial. Along with the jail time, he should additionally pay a $500,000 high quality.

The newest rumors about Donald Trump allegedly contemplating a pardon for Diddy come after the President beforehand weighed in on the case, earlier this yr. Again in Could, earlier than the conviction, Trump mentioned he would “actually take a look at the details,” when requested in regards to the thought of a pardon, as caught by NBC Information. Talking with Newsmax again in August, nevertheless, he instructed {that a} pardon was doubtless off the desk. “, I used to be very pleasant with him. I received together with him nice and appeared like a pleasant man. I didn’t know him properly,” Trump mentioned. “However after I ran for workplace, he was very hostile.”