The Onion presents itself as America’s Finest News Source. Speaking frankly, that tongue-in-cheek moniker has a lot going for it. NYT v. Sullivan has to take the cake for the most famous legal case involving a newspaper, but The Onion’s brief on why parody requires the First Amendment as a foundation hits way above its weight class. And while its legal jokes — like most of its other humor — should be taken with a grain of salt, the paper’s jokes are occasionally burdened with Apollo’s gift of prophecy. You may remember this Onion headline from May of 2025: “Sean Combs Asks For Quick Trial So He Can Get To Part Where Trump Pardons Him.”
And while the headline made for a good guffhaw, there’s no way that the Freakoff President would successfully nab a pardon from a President accused of attending underage freakoffs, right? That plan is crazy! So crazy in fact, that it just might work:
Sean’s lawyers may have pitched a similar argument to Trump when they reached out to him. NBC has coverage:
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense team has reached out to President Donald Trump seeking a pardon after his conviction on prostitution-related offenses, a source close to the legal team told NBC News on Tuesday.
Asked about pardons in an interview with Newsmax on Friday, Trump said “they have talked to me about Sean” but did not announce any decision.
The source close to Combs’ legal team confirmed to NBC News that it has been in contact with the Trump administration.
A zealous defense is a zealous defense — Diddy’s legal team would be fools if they didn’t whatever avenue could get their clients to walk. Trump actually has a pretty strong track record when it comes to protecting rappers from legal consequences. He famously pardoned Lil Wayne and commuted Kodak Black’s sentence right before he left office on his first term and threatened a damned trade war with Sweden if they didn’t release A$ap Rocky before that. If the amateur porn argument isn’t persuasive enough to get Combs off the hook, a chance at a presidential pardon is a strong ace in the hole.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Reached Out To Trump About Pardon, Source Says [NBC News]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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The Onion presents itself as America’s Finest News Source. Speaking frankly, that tongue-in-cheek moniker has a lot going for it. NYT v. Sullivan has to take the cake for the most famous legal case involving a newspaper, but The Onion’s brief on why parody requires the First Amendment as a foundation hits way above its weight class. And while its legal jokes — like most of its other humor — should be taken with a grain of salt, the paper’s jokes are occasionally burdened with Apollo’s gift of prophecy. You may remember this Onion headline from May of 2025: “Sean Combs Asks For Quick Trial So He Can Get To Part Where Trump Pardons Him.”
And while the headline made for a good guffhaw, there’s no way that the Freakoff President would successfully nab a pardon from a President accused of attending underage freakoffs, right? That plan is crazy! So crazy in fact, that it just might work:
Sean’s lawyers may have pitched a similar argument to Trump when they reached out to him. NBC has coverage:
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense team has reached out to President Donald Trump seeking a pardon after his conviction on prostitution-related offenses, a source close to the legal team told NBC News on Tuesday.
Asked about pardons in an interview with Newsmax on Friday, Trump said “they have talked to me about Sean” but did not announce any decision.
The source close to Combs’ legal team confirmed to NBC News that it has been in contact with the Trump administration.
A zealous defense is a zealous defense — Diddy’s legal team would be fools if they didn’t whatever avenue could get their clients to walk. Trump actually has a pretty strong track record when it comes to protecting rappers from legal consequences. He famously pardoned Lil Wayne and commuted Kodak Black’s sentence right before he left office on his first term and threatened a damned trade war with Sweden if they didn’t release A$ap Rocky before that. If the amateur porn argument isn’t persuasive enough to get Combs off the hook, a chance at a presidential pardon is a strong ace in the hole.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Reached Out To Trump About Pardon, Source Says [NBC News]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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