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babylonsister

(172,774 posts)
Sat May 31, 2025, 07:21 AM May 2025

Trump Says He Will Consider Pardoning Diddy

JFC. No wonder so many of the witnesses were/are so intent on disguising themselves. Their terror might be well founded if this animal gets out.

Politics
Trump Says He Will Consider Pardoning Diddy
BEG YOUR PARDON!
The president knows the shamed rap mogul and wants to know the facts of the case.
David Gardner
Chief National Correspondent
Updated May 30 2025 10:41PM EDT
Published May 30 2025 2:52PM EDT


Donald Trump refused to dismiss the possibility of a pardon for Sean "Diddy“ Combs, even though the rap tycoon is currently on trial on sex trafficking and other serious charges.

The president said he was aware that he might be asked for clemency.

“Nobody’s asked,” he told reporters. “But I know people are thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking.

“First of all, I’d look at what’s happening. And I haven’t been watching it too closely.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-he-will-consider-pardoning-diddy/

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Trump Says He Will Consider Pardoning Diddy (Original Post) babylonsister May 2025 OP
Trump has a history of befriending sex traffickers. madaboutharry May 2025 #1
Trump was hildegaard28 May 2025 #12
For the right price, TACO will consider anything. Sanity Claws May 2025 #2
Lol! Might as well 🙄 ecstatic May 2025 #3
He has to be convicted first NJCher May 2025 #4
No he doesn't........... Celerity May 2025 #7
Very rare NJCher May 2025 #8
of course it is worth mentioning, you made a factually incorrect statement (Biden did pre-emptive pardons as well BTW) Celerity May 2025 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity May 2025 #10
No, it's not worth mentioning NJCher May 2025 #11
you were simply wrong, own it, and there is a flaw in the DU software that yields double posts at times, I obviously do Celerity May 2025 #14
Telegraphing his own crimes via pardons again? GoCubsGo May 2025 #5
That tracks. JanMichael May 2025 #6
It's clear Trump is selling pardons. yellowcanine May 2025 #13
Diddy has said nice things about him, so obviously he deserves a pardon. tanyev May 2025 #15
No criminal left behind. travelingthrulife May 2025 #16

madaboutharry

(42,034 posts)
1. Trump has a history of befriending sex traffickers.
Sat May 31, 2025, 07:25 AM
May 2025

They are among those he considers “very fine people.”

ecstatic

(35,088 posts)
3. Lol! Might as well 🙄
Sat May 31, 2025, 07:38 AM
May 2025

With trump, it's all about the money, honey. 💰 Plus, trump himself is a serial rapist, pedophile and sexual abuser. I wonder when he's going to get around to pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell?

When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”

- twice impeached, convicted felon donald j trump


"The most powerful person in the world with the greatest amount of authority could go into office knowing there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes," Jackson said during oral arguments. "I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into, you know, the seat of criminal activity in this country."

Celerity

(54,638 posts)
7. No he doesn't...........
Sat May 31, 2025, 08:17 AM
May 2025


..............and yes, I know a POTUS can only pardon federal crimes, not state ones.

Celerity

(54,638 posts)
9. of course it is worth mentioning, you made a factually incorrect statement (Biden did pre-emptive pardons as well BTW)
Sat May 31, 2025, 08:25 AM
May 2025

Response to NJCher (Reply #8)

NJCher

(43,287 posts)
11. No, it's not worth mentioning
Sat May 31, 2025, 08:32 AM
May 2025

These are pardons in a different class.

On edit: why do you always post these things twice? Please delete one. Again, unnecessary.

Celerity

(54,638 posts)
14. you were simply wrong, own it, and there is a flaw in the DU software that yields double posts at times, I obviously do
Sat May 31, 2025, 09:02 AM
May 2025

not do it on purpose

GoCubsGo

(34,947 posts)
5. Telegraphing his own crimes via pardons again?
Sat May 31, 2025, 08:09 AM
May 2025

He has been pardoning seditionists and fraudsters--people just like him. Time to move on to the sex offenders and human traffickers. (Been saying all along that the kompromat Putin has on Trump involves the both of those things....)

yellowcanine

(36,811 posts)
13. It's clear Trump is selling pardons.
Sat May 31, 2025, 09:01 AM
May 2025

And the is no legal way to stop him. The pardon power needs to be taken away from the president. The founders never anticipated a President as corrupt as Trump.

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