White House Denies Report that Trump Is Considering Commuting Diddy's Sentence By Liam Quinn and Meredith Kile

The White House denied a report that President Donald Trump was considering commuting the sentence of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The denial came after TMZ reported, citing a high-level White House official, that the president had been weighing clemency for the Bad Boy Records founder.

Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

Combs’ high-profile federal trial ended in July with his acquittal on the two most serious charges he faced: sex trafficking and racketeering.

Trump was previously asked about potentially pardoning Combs in May, at the outset of the music mogul’s trial.

“I don’t know. I would certainly look at the facts,” Trump said at the time, according to ABC News. “If I think someone was mistreated it wouldn’t matter whether they like me or don’t.”

Trump was again asked about the possibility of clemency for Combs in August, after his trial concluded, and appeared to pour cold water on the potential for a pardon.

“I got along with him great,” Trump told Newsmax. “Seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well. But when I ran for office, he was very hostile. … It’s hard.”

“We’re human beings,” he continued. “We don’t like to have things cloud our judgment, right? But when you knew someone and you were fine and then you run for office and he made some terrible statements. So, I don’t know. It’s more difficult. Makes it more, I’m being honest, makes it more difficult to do.”