Trump Shared His Thoughts On Pardoning Diddy And It’s Exactly What You’d Expect Him To Say

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Trump Shared His Thoughts On Pardoning Diddy And It’s Exactly What You’d Expect Him To Say

President

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responded Friday to a question about potentially pardoning

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, who stands

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“I haven’t spoken to him in years,”

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. “He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics, that relationship busted up, from what I read. I don’t know, he didn’t tell me that.”

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“But I’d read some … ****** statements in the paper all of a sudden,” he continued.

Combs once ran in the same wealthy social circles as Trump, but 

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 on one count of racketeering conspiracy, 

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 by force, fraud or coercion and one count of transportation to engage in prostitution.

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Prosecutors in Manhattan

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of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and transportation for purposes of prostitution. Surveillance footage released last May

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, singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.

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He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and faces 15 years to life in prison if convicted.

“You know, it’s different,” Trump said Friday. “You become a much different person when you run for politics, and you do what’s right. I could do other things, and I’m sure he’d like me, and I’m sure other people would like me, but it wouldn’t be as good for our country.”

Trump and Combs were previously seen as symbols of financial success and social status. Trump was

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the first major celebrity to arrive at Combs’ birthday party in 1998, with their mutual respect even

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Trump, then an unscrupulous real estate tycoon whose wealth had been

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since the 1980s,

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after Combs was charged with assault in 1999 that Combs was “a visionary and a great talent.”

Trump most recently

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of fraud and tax evasion charges.

On Friday, he

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on whether or not he would pardon Combs.

“It’s not a popularity contest, so I don’t know,” he said. “I would certainly look at the facts. If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me.”This article originally appeared on

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