The disgraced music mogul was indicted in September on federal charges, including sex trafficking, and is currently on trial in New York.

President Donald Trump responded Friday to a question about potentially pardoning Sean “Diddy” Combs, who stands indicted on federal charges including sex trafficking.

“I haven’t spoken to him in years,” Trump told Fox News reporter Peter Doocy when asked about pardoning Combs. “He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics, that relationship busted up, from what I read. I don’t know, he didn’t tell me that.”

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On Friday, he resisted giving a definitive answer on whether or not he would pardon Combs.

“It’s not a popularity contest, so I don’t know,” he said. “I would certainly look at the facts. If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me.”

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    "If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me.”

    Seeing that right after seeing this:

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    If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me.”

    That might be the biggest lie that Trump has ever told.

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      His base is a cult. They’ll retroactively decide that pardoning him was a good thing if that happens. That’s what they always do.

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      I betcha too many would gobble up some feed of “Oh its a cancel culture witchhunt by the deep state democrat hippsters trying to destroy america, we need to save this brav patriot” because with his track record of pardons, his core base could warp any reality at this point. Hell could open up and Satan himself could declare himself and if Trump or his puppeteer willed it theyd find a way to glorify him in the name of thier god.

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    The narcissim of this Guy is really off the charts. The only prism he’s able to consider anything is through his inflated ego. You can literally hear him think “Do they like me ? If yes, then surely they are good people who were treated unfairly !”

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    Diddy was ONLY Indicted on SEX TRAFFICKING and SEX CRIMES! That’s like not EVEN a CRIME! His REAL Crime is being BLACK!

    -Not Racist Conservatives who Believe the Pizza Parlor Conspiracy!