Trump using Diddy pardon as Epstein distraction tactic

There seems to be a bit of light at the end of the tunnel for Sean “Diddy” Combs as President Donald Trump is said to be considering pardoning the disgraced rapper, Knewz.com can reveal. And according to sources, Trump may be hoping to use this potential pardon as just the right “distraction” he needs for the public to forget the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The White House has been in communication with Diddy’s legal team about a potential pardon, but it will all be determined by the judge’s ruling on his latest bail bid. The controversial president is “more than open” to pardoning Diddy, according to insiders, but it is said he is waiting to see what Judge Arun Subramanian decides with the I’ll Be Missing You hitmaker’s bail petition. While Trump will hold off on a pardon and wait on Diddy’s sentence if he is granted bail, it is believed he will immediately decide on the pardon if the Bad Boys Records founder is denied bail. Diddy was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each count carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. He was acquitted of the most serious charges, racketeering conspiracy and trafficking, which could have put him behind bars for life.

Insiders claim the timing of the pardon would be “perfect” for Trump, as it would create a “major diversion” from Epstein. Trump has done everything to take the heat off himself when it comes to the predator, even throwing the blame on former presidents. On Monday, July 28, while speaking to reporters in Scotland, Trump claimed he had previously turned down an offer to go to the predator’s private island and urged others to focus on Bill Clinton instead. “I never went to the island, and Bill Clinton went there supposedly 28 times,” Trump claimed. “I never went to the island, but [former Treasury Secretary] Larry Summers, I hear, went there; he was the head of Harvard. And many other people that are very big people, nobody ever talks about them.” Trump added, “I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn him down. But a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn’t want to go to his island.”

Trump has been hit hard by critics over his administration’s handling of the vile criminal’s case and his notorious files, which the Justice Department claimed don’t exist. However, according to The Wall Street Journal, Trump’s name allegedly appears “multiple times” in the documents. Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly met with him at the White House in May and revealed that his name was among many other high-profile figures identified. The report quoted sources who said that officials “told the president at the meeting that the files contained what officials felt was unverified hearsay about many people, including Trump, who had socialized with Epstein in the past.” It is unclear why Trump’s name is in the files.

Meanwhile, sources also claim Trump feels connected to Diddy because hs he thinks the rapper was “unfairly targeted by the feds,” noting Trump’s Department of Justice recently fired Maurene Comey, the lead prosecutor in the music mogul’s case — and the daughter of James Comey, a vocal critic of Trump.

Diddy’s hopes of being released were ultimately shot down by Judge Subramanian, who denied Diddy’s bail request and kept him incarcerated.