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Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorney is saying they reached out to Donald Trump regarding a presidential pardon. The music mogul was found guilty for two prostitution-related offenses, but was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. Combs is currently in prison, awaiting sentencing.

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00:00Sean Diddy Combs' attorney is saying they've reached out to Donald Trump regarding a presidential pardon.

00:06The music mogul was found guilty for two prostitution-related offenses,

00:11but was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.

00:15Combs is currently in prison, awaiting sentencing.

00:17His attorney, Nicole Westmoreland, told CNN,

00:20It's my understanding that we've reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon.

00:25Her comments came a day after Combs was denied a bid to be released from prison,

00:29as he awaits sentencing in October.

00:31Trump previously said during a press conference that he would certainly look at the facts regarding the mogul's case,

00:37as he hadn't been watching it too closely.

00:39Then when he was asked about Combs again last week during an interview with Newsmax,

00:44Trump responded,

00:45I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great and he seemed like a nice guy.

00:49I didn't know him well, but when I ran for office, he was very hostile.

00:52The president added,

00:53We don't like to have things cloud our judgment.

00:56However, Combs' terrible statements about him in the past

00:58make pardoning him more difficult to do.

01:01The hip-hop mogul faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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