The Digest:
US President Donald Trump has stated he will not grant clemency to music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related crimes. He also ruled out pardons for Venezuelan ex-leader Nicolás Maduro and other high-profile convicts
Key Points:
- Trump said he received a pardon request from Diddy but declined it.
- Diddy is serving four years for transporting people for prostitution.
- Trump also ruled out pardons for Nicolás Maduro and Sam Bankman-Fried.
- The president was asked about pardoning ex-officer Derek Chauvin, but did not commit.
- On inauguration day, Trump pardoned over 1,500 January 6 riot convicts.
- He previously pardoned Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández.
- The interview was published in The New York Times on Thursday.
