President Trump confirmed that Sean “Diddy” Combs requested a presidential pardon by sending a letter, but indicated he wasn’t planning to consider it.

This revelation was made during a New York Times interview with Trump published on Thursday. The Times noted that the president confirmed Combs “asked me for a pardon” and said he would not consider the request. 

During the same interview, the president said he would not consider pardoning recently captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. When asked about the possibility of a pardon for Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, Trump reportedly said, “I haven’t been asked about it.”

There has been tremendous speculation on the topic of a Diddy pardon, as Trump had previously made it sound as though he was considering the idea. 

Trump commented on a potential pardon for Combs last May during an Oval Office press conference.

“Nobody’s asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they’re thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking,” the president said in response to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.

Trump said at the time that he hadn’t been following the case closely, but was aware of the extensive media coverage the trial was receiving.

“I haven’t seen [Diddy], I haven’t spoken to him in years,” the president added. “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, but I’d read some little bit nasty statements.”

Trump emphasized that any pardon decision would be based solely on the merits of the case.

“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,” he stated at the time.

Combs was found guilty of two prostitution charges in July and was facing up to 20 years in prison following a high-profile trial in New York. He was acquitted of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

Prosecutors wanted to see the rapper behind bars for at least 11 years, calling Diddy “unrepentant,” but he was sentenced to just over four years in prison in October. 

President Donald Trump and former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s relationship is, in fact, as toxic as they let on.

So much so, the White House told the Secret Service that MTG may have tipped off leftist CODEPINK protesters about Trump’s whereabouts last fall, per Axios.

In September, Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood in Washington, D.C., per Greene’s recommendation, according to Axios. Trump was out to dinner with Vice President JD Vance and several prominent cabinet members to show how the city was doing after the Trump Administration deployed the National Guard to crack down on crime.

His dinner turned into a debacle when President Trump was met with CODEPINK protesters who yelled, “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” toward the president, creating a ruckus in the restaurant, Axios reported.

CODEPINK is an anti-war group made up primarily of women with alleged ties to the “Communist Chinese government.”

Two sources on Trump’s team told Axios about the Secret Service’s involvement in last fall’s protest-filled dinner outing.

Greene told Axios her involvement in tipping off Trump’s location to protesters is “an absolute lie, a dangerous lie. I would never do that.” Greene also told the outlet that only the notable restaurant and Trump’s aides knew about the reservation.

“The story you should be writing is why didn’t the Secret Service sweep the restaurant?” Greene told Axios.

It remains unclear if the Secret Service is investigating Greene. The former congresswoman declined to say whether she’s been contacted by the Secret Service, according to Axios.

After the chaotic dinner last fall, Trump called for an investigation into CODEPINK, demanding that the protesters be “put in jail.”

Axios noted the former representative repeatedly called White House staffers the day of the dinner to ensure Trump was still going. Greene maintains that even though she recommended the restaurant to the Commander in Chief, she didn’t know when he would go.

Greene, who is apparently a regular at Joe’s Seafood, didn’t show up the night of September 9 when Trump and other officials arrived, which was odd according to Trump’s aides.

MTG has a documented friendship with CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin. In fact, Benjamin last year praised Greene for opposing Trump’s bombing of nuclear sites in Iran.

Greene and Trump have vehemently disagreed on foreign policy in his second term, with Greene claiming Trump abandoned his “America First” agenda. Greene was also publicly opposed to the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Though the former staunch ally of Trump left office this week, their feud continues.