Category: Politics
Diddy sent President Trump a letter, but he won’t be pardoned, POTUS reveals
Despite a relationship spanning more than 20 years, President Donald Trump said he will not intervene in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ jail sentence.
Combs is currently serving a 50-month prison sentence after being charged for two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in 2025.
‘I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great and seemed like a nice guy.’
After the president stated in October that Combs had asked him for a pardon, he recently confirmed to the New York Times that the request came in the form of a letter.
Pardon me
The two-hour interview with the Times serves as the first official confirmation that the letter to the president exists, with Trump allegedly saying he was willing to show it off to reporters, but ultimately did not.
Trump reportedly told the outlet that Combs “asked me for a pardon,” which was “through a letter,” but revealed he is not considering granting the request.
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“I have a lot of people [who] have asked me for pardons,” the president said in October. “I call him Puff Daddy, has asked me for a pardon,” he added, referring to one of Combs’ previous aliases as an artist.
Friendship ended?
As Blaze News reported, Trump told Newsmax in 2025 that the two had a prior relationship, but Diddy apparently made remarks that turned the president sour.
“I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great and seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well. But when I ran for office, he was very hostile. And it’s hard. Like you, we’re human beings, and we don’t like to have things cloud our judgment. But when you knew someone and you were fine, and then you run for office and he made some terrible statements.”
“He was essentially, I guess, sort of half-innocent,” Trump included.
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Combs over
Recently, Combs has asked an appeals court to overturn his convictions and release him from jail.
A report from the BBC said Diddy’s attorney made the argument that the producer was improperly sentenced and that his conduct was not criminal in nature.
In addition, photos have resurfaced of Trump and Combs standing side by side, appearing to get along in 1998. The photos were taken at the Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge in Bridgehampton, Long Island.
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Diversity quota allowed UK man with child rape accusations to become a cop — he then committed more horrific rapes
A man who was allowed to become a police officer despite child rape accusations was later convicted of a horrific campaign of rape that included a child under 13 years of age.
The victims of 24-year-old Cliff Mitchell described him as “the devil” and “a pathetic excuse of a man” over the horrific abuse he committed as a U.K. police officer.
‘You are the devil. You disgust me. I hope you suffer for the rest of your life.’
Even worse, Mitchell was allowed to become an officer despite the past child rape allegations because he fit a diversity quota when officials were driving to recruit more officers.
Mitchell’s application was denied in 2020 over the 2018 allegations, but an admission panel overturned the decision and allowed him to join the force.
Prosecutors said Mitchell used a knife to kidnap one of his victims in Sept. 2023. He tied her arms with cable ties and put tape over her mouth before raping her. Mitchell laughed at her cries and told her no one would believe her because he was an officer.
Mitchell was convicted of 10 counts of rape, 4 counts of rape of a child under 13, one count of kidnap, and a breach of a non-molestation order.
“You deserve to spend the rest of your life in a cell because you are a serious danger to every woman walking the streets,” one of the victims said to Mitchell in court. “You are the devil. You disgust me. I hope you suffer for the rest of your life.”
The other victim, who said she lives in fear, also excoriated him in court.
“I’m holding you to account for your actions; you took away my self-worth,” she said. “You are a pathetic excuse of a man.”
“Cliff Mitchell is clearly a deeply troubled young man. … (His) serious offending appears to have arisen for desire for control,” Mrs. Justice May said at his sentencing. “The fact he was a police officer, albeit for a short time, will make imprisonment a harsher experience for him.”
Astoundingly, the drive for diversity and an increased demand for recruitment led to other questionable people being allowed to become officers.
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Police shoot New Jersey man who allegedly charged them with machete — then find gruesome scene inside his home
The shooting of a machete-armed man led to a horrific discovery inside his home, according to New Jersey police.
Piscataway police said they were called to the residence on River Road on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. on a report of a man with a knife.
‘I just want to let the general public know this is not somebody coming in, knocking on the door. This is all folks that all knew each other.’
Police said they found a man armed with a machete and tried unsuccessfully to stop him with the use of tasers. When he lunged at them with the machete, they shot him and killed him.
When officers entered the residence, they found three bodies.
The bodies are believed to belong to the man’s grandparents and his mother.
Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler spoke to reporters outside of the home and said that the 911 caller was the suspect’s father, who was the sole survivor.
“You have to understand, there is a husband that is about to bury a wife, parents, and a son,” the mayor said.
“So out of respect to the household, for the rest of the family members, but they were all related,” he added. “I just want to let the general public know this is not somebody coming in, knocking on the door. This is all folks that all knew each other and were related to each other blood-wise.”
Officials said there had been no prior incidents at the house involving police. A later report said the mother was 60 years old, the grandparents were 86 and 84 years old, and the suspect was 29 years old.
Police indicated that they died of stabbing wounds.
Neighbors of the family told WABC-TV that their previous interactions with them had been all been pleasant.
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“Very nice lady. Very nice, quiet neighborhood. It’s so tragic that something like this happens,” said Keith Heron, a neighbor of the family’s.
The deaths are being investigated by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office as well as the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
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