In style podcaster Megyn Kelly has claimed that President Donald Trump should not pardon incarcerated rapper Sean Diddy Combs. Kelly believes this might make his “young female voters” upset.

In an X publish dated July 30, 2025, Megyn Kelly shared her ideas on Trump pardoning Sean Combs. She mentioned:

“Trump should not pardon Diddy. He doesn’t deserve it. He’s a Trump hater. He’s a girl abuser. MAGA is already upset over elites seeming to cowl for one another. This would not assist. GOP struggling w/ young female voters, most of whom will HATE a Diddy pardon.”

Kelly’s feedback got here amid experiences of Trump allegedly contemplating pardoning Combs, who has been in jail since September final 12 months. The rapper was charged with s*x trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. He was acquitted of the extra severe racketeering and trafficking expenses however discovered responsible of two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.

The Dangerous Boy Information founder has been denied bail a number of instances and will withstand 20 years in jail, with 10 years for every depend. His sentencing is ready to happen on October 3, and he is anticipated to be held on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn since then.

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Diddy’s attorneys provide over $50 million for bail after the rapper was denied freedom regardless of the decision

On Tuesday, July 29, rapper Sean Diddy Combs’ attorneys appealed for the rapper’s bail in one other authorized letter, providing over $50 million. Of their movement, Combs’ attorneys claimed that his case is a singular one as he is the one man in america held in jail for consensual intercourse. They wrote:

“Sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct. In actual fact, he will be the solely individual presently in a United States jail for being any type of john, and positively the one individual in jail for hiring grownup male escorts for him and his girlfriend, when he did not even have intercourse with the escort himself.”

Diddy’s authorized staff additional argued that there are “distinctive circumstances warranting a departure from necessary detention” in his case underneath the Mann Act. They alleged that the rapper’s former girlfriends, Cassie Ventura and the nameless Jane, have been consensual contributors within the rapper’s alleged “freak-offs” and not coerced into s*xual acts, as claimed by the prosecutors.

Additional, the attorneys claimed that the Mann Act solely applies to circumstances involving “interstate journey for monetary achieve by way of the enterprise of prostitution”, which is not the case with the incarcerated music mogul. They added:

“Within the historical past of the statute, the Mann Act has by no means been utilized to details much like these to prosecute or incarcerate some other individual.”

For these unaware, Combs was convicted of two expenses of transportation to have interaction in prostitution underneath the Mann Act throughout his trial in July. Beneath the phrases of this act, the rapper must be in jail till his sentencing except there are “distinctive” circumstances demanding a launch.

Beneath these phrases, Decide Arun Subramanian had denied Diddy bail following his verdict on July 2. Furthermore, the court docket believed the rapper posed a hazard and a severe menace to key witnesses such as Cassie Ventura and Jane. Whereas denying the rapper bail, Subramanian said in his ruling:

“It’s unattainable for the defendant to exhibit by clear and convincing proof that he poses no hazard.”

Furthermore, the choose additionally highlighted that Combs’ attorneys “owned the home violence” allegations with regard to Cassie Ventura. It’s price noting that video footage of Diddy assaulting Ventura at a resort in 2016 was a key level in his trial, which was additionally some extent of distinction for the rapper being denied bail.

Decide Subramanian additionally pointed to an occasion of Jane’s testimony, the place she alleged that the music mogul drugged and choked her again in June 2024, whereas he was already going through authorized hassle. Due to this fact, Diddy had proven fixed “disregard” for the regulation, per the court docket.

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Of their newest submitting, Combs’ attorneys supplied over $50 million for bail and talked about that if granted freedom, the rapper would keep in his Miami residence. The music mogul would additionally not journey aside from the necessities for his ongoing case. He would additionally quit his passport and be underneath the supervision of the US Pretrial Providers Company. The choice of the court docket is awaited.