The Brief
Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison, but will his sentence be commuted by President Donald Trump?
A "high-ranking White House official" told TMZ that Trump is considering commuting Combs' sentence "as early as this week."
However, the White House Communications Office pushed back on the story today, Oct. 21.
NEW YORK - Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison , but will his sentence be commuted by President Donald Trump?
The backstory:
Combs was convicted in July on two counts of violating the Mann Act, a federal law banning interstate prostitution. Prosecutors said he arranged paid sexual encounters between his girlfriends and male sex workers. Each charge carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
On Oct. 3, Judge Arun Subrama