{"id":129776,"date":"2025-08-06T15:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/p-diddy-taps-on-trump-administration-for-pardon-request\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:49:06","slug":"p-diddy-taps-on-trump-administration-for-pardon-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/p-diddy-taps-on-trump-administration-for-pardon-request\/","title":{"rendered":"P. Diddy Taps On Trump Administration For Pardon Request"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Onion presents itself as America\u2019s Finest News Source. Speaking frankly, that tongue-in-cheek moniker has a lot going for it. NYT v. Sullivan<\/em> has to take the cake for the most famous legal case involving a newspaper, but The Onion\u2019s brief<\/a> on why parody requires the First Amendment as a foundation hits way above its weight class. And while its legal jokes \u2014 like most of its other humor \u2014 should be taken with a grain of salt, the paper\u2019s jokes are occasionally burdened with Apollo\u2019s gift of prophecy<\/a>. You may remember this Onion headline<\/a> from May of 2025: \u201cSean Combs Asks For Quick Trial So He Can Get To Part Where Trump Pardons Him.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while the headline made for a good guffhaw, there\u2019s 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:<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Sean “Diddy” Combs and his legal team have reportedly reached out to the Trump administration for a pardon.<\/p>\n

One of his attorneys said the judge “threw the book at him” and all the civil allegations would’ve been brought up in court if they were true.<\/p>\n

“If the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/VgO5rv4mXy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gunther Eagleman\u2122 (@GuntherEagleman) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Sean\u2019s lawyers may have pitched a similar argument to Trump when they reached out to him. NBC<\/a> has coverage: <\/p>\n

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Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

Asked about pardons in an interview with Newsmax on Friday, Trump said \u201cthey have talked to me about Sean\u201d but did not announce any decision.<\/p>\n

The source close to Combs\u2019 legal team confirmed to NBC News that it has been in contact with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A zealous defense is a zealous defense \u2014 Diddy\u2019s legal team would be fools if they didn\u2019t 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\u2019s sentence<\/a> right before he left office on his first term and threatened a damned trade war with Sweden <\/a>if they didn\u2019t release A$ap Rocky before that. If the amateur porn argument isn\u2019t persuasive enough to get Combs off the hook, a chance at a presidential pardon is a strong ace in the hole.<\/p>\n

Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs Has Reached Out To Trump About Pardon, Source Says <\/a>[NBC News]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: First As Parody, Then As Free Speech: The Onion Goes To The Supreme Court. It\u2019s About As Awesome As You\u2019d Suspect.<\/a><\/p>\n

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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\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He 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,\u00a0is 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\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post P. Diddy Taps On Trump Administration For Pardon Request<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Onion presents itself as America\u2019s Finest News Source. Speaking frankly, that tongue-in-cheek moniker has a lot going for it. NYT v. Sullivan<\/em> has to take the cake for the most famous legal case involving a newspaper, but The Onion\u2019s brief<\/a> on why parody requires the First Amendment as a foundation hits way above its weight class. And while its legal jokes \u2014 like most of its other humor \u2014 should be taken with a grain of salt, the paper\u2019s jokes are occasionally burdened with Apollo\u2019s gift of prophecy<\/a>. You may remember this Onion headline<\/a> from May of 2025: \u201cSean Combs Asks For Quick Trial So He Can Get To Part Where Trump Pardons Him.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while the headline made for a good guffhaw, there\u2019s 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:<\/p>\n

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\n
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BREAKING: Sean “Diddy” Combs and his legal team have reportedly reached out to the Trump administration for a pardon.<\/p>\n

One of his attorneys said the judge “threw the book at him” and all the civil allegations would’ve been brought up in court if they were true.<\/p>\n

“If the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/VgO5rv4mXy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gunther Eagleman\u2122 (@GuntherEagleman) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Sean\u2019s lawyers may have pitched a similar argument to Trump when they reached out to him. NBC<\/a> has coverage: <\/p>\n

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Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

Asked about pardons in an interview with Newsmax on Friday, Trump said \u201cthey have talked to me about Sean\u201d but did not announce any decision.<\/p>\n

The source close to Combs\u2019 legal team confirmed to NBC News that it has been in contact with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A zealous defense is a zealous defense \u2014 Diddy\u2019s legal team would be fools if they didn\u2019t 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\u2019s sentence<\/a> right before he left office on his first term and threatened a damned trade war with Sweden <\/a>if they didn\u2019t release A$ap Rocky before that. If the amateur porn argument isn\u2019t persuasive enough to get Combs off the hook, a chance at a presidential pardon is a strong ace in the hole.<\/p>\n

Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs Has Reached Out To Trump About Pardon, Source Says <\/a>[NBC News]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: First As Parody, Then As Free Speech: The Onion Goes To The Supreme Court. It\u2019s About As Awesome As You\u2019d Suspect.<\/a><\/p>\n

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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\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He 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,\u00a0is 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\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Onion presents itself as America\u2019s 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\u2019s brief on why parody requires the First Amendment as a foundation hits way above its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chris-Williams-2025-0eVngs.jpg?fit=512%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}