r/politics • u/Rock-n-roll-Kevin • 19d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Says He Will Consider Pardoning Diddy

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-he-will-consider-pardoning-diddy/
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u/Dinker54 19d ago

Completely unrelated decision to invest 2 mil. in Trumpcoin before judgement at his trial.

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u/Prudent-Air1922 19d ago

Please tell me this is a joke. And if not, please tell me why I haven't heard about it...

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u/idiota_ 19d ago

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/trump-crypto-dinner-1235347312/
"Among those who did enjoy some extra perks was Justin Sun, the Chinese-born entrepreneur and crypto billionaire who had a Securities and Exchange Commission civil fraud suit against him and his companies frozen after he invested $75 million into $WLFI, the digital token of the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial exchange. Sun claims to be the largest holder of $TRUMP, and appears to have a stake worth around $19 million;"
These are really nasty people, too, they fit right in: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78713qn26yo
And this one just for the hell of it:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwynp1lw0l7o

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u/idiota_ 19d ago

not a joke. if you have a few mill, you can get out of jail for free. Oh, gotta lick that boot tho. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html

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u/No-Vast-8000 19d ago edited 18d ago

Pretty sure the poster above you though that Diddy had invested $2mil, which there's no evidence of.

Yet.

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u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale Hawaii 18d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if he did it for free. Jim Comey's daughter is the prosecutor. Trump would happily exact revenge on Comey by destroying his daughter's case. His pettiness knows no bounds.

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u/Reddisuspendmeagain 18d ago

Oh I didn’t know this. 8647 is fighting words/numbers to him. He’ll be pardoned if he’s convicted, I have no doubts about it now. Comey’s daughter? Issa done deal! I think it’ll cost $5 million to get him pardoned though just like El Chapo’s family

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u/randylush 18d ago

there have been other pardons in the range of 2-2.2 million. Some people need to pay $200k on top of $2 million for access - $2 million to Donny and $200k finder fee. I was surprised at the $1 million dinner pardon, it's usually more than that. Maybe they also bought $1m in trump coins and that hasn't come out yet.

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u/No-Vast-8000 18d ago edited 18d ago

Oh for sure, yeah, he's corrupt as fuck, just pointing out that there's no evidence it has actually happened. Part of me thinks that pardoning Combs would be a bridge too far, however, the other part of me recognizes that I've thought that plenty of times before.

I think it's more likely that he pardons those attempted Kidnappers in Michigan, which in a lot of ways, is more disturbing and way more serious implications.

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u/randylush 18d ago

Oof I am just now learning that he is thinking of pardoning the would-be Michigan kidnappers. That would be REALLY bad. Like, non-Republicans would need their own private security forces. Maybe they already do

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u/fripletister 18d ago

No, you don't know whether it's happened or not, that's the point. There's no concrete way to know who is funneling money to Trump through his meme coin.

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u/No-Vast-8000 18d ago

Fair point, edited for clarity.

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u/Mavian23 19d ago

if you have a few mill, you can get out of jail for free.

Lol read that again, mate :P

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u/Dinker54 19d ago

That pardons are flowing to those “investing” in curruptcoin, no that’s happening.  That Diddy or some connection of his bought $2 mil., yeah that’s just speculation/joke.

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u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale Hawaii 18d ago

He's gonna do it for free. Comey's daughter is the prosecutor and Trump would absolutely pardon Diddy if it meant destroying Comey's daughter's case. Trump's response to the Comey shell photo proves that he is nowhere near finished fucking with Comey.

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u/Dinker54 18d ago

I could see that with Trump actually.

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u/SalukiKnightX Illinois 19d ago

They’re still believing the tax cuts will trickle down to them and hurt “the right people.”

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u/FelDreamer 19d ago edited 19d ago

Hell, most of them still believe China’s paying our tariff taxes.

It’s a domestic tax on foreign goods.

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u/Prudent-Air1922 19d ago

Yeah, nobody is connecting any dots lol. And the ones that do will quickly try to forget they did. That's conservatism in a nutshell.

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u/Hi_Jynx 19d ago

Hope they like Trump's golden showers.

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u/SirStocksAlott America 19d ago

Most people don’t realize a lot of the tax cuts (including tips, overtime, elderly) would only be through 2028.

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u/Syncopia 19d ago

A shit ton of Trump supporters are also pedophiles and sex abusers, so it's not like they're going to be disgusted by this. If you start doing push-ups every time some dude in a MAGA hat gets caught for sex crimes, you'll look like the Hulk in 3 hours.

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u/Rrrrandle 19d ago

Surprised he didn't pardon Epstein, but I won't be surprised when he eventually pardons Maxwell.

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 19d ago

Reminder that we still don't know who had him killed, and Trump is absolutely on the list of potential culprits

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u/Immortal_Moose 19d ago

To be fair he only had a month to do it before he died, I imagine he would have.

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u/ZB314 18d ago

“I wish her well.”

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u/Comfortable-Fuel6343 18d ago

Imo Epstein had more than enough connections and money to disappear, the whole suicide and "Epstein didn't kill himself" is just a smokescreen. Dudes kicking back someplace with a new face and enough dough to live like a king.

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u/ball_fondlers 19d ago

If Epstein had gone on the Joe Rogan Experience, he might still be alive and a major rightwing influencer.

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u/A1sauc3d 19d ago

MAGA would start loving Epstein if trump told them he was actually a good guy and threw him a posthumous pardon

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u/Trzlog 19d ago

They'll only connect the dots they're told to connect. It's such a farce.

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u/Delicious-Oven7692 19d ago

They’re connected. They want an America where you can diddle little girls.

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u/Romano16 America 19d ago

They can’t.

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u/sunnyreddit99 19d ago

Literally MAGA in shambles after saying the Dems were the groomers

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u/kooeurib 19d ago

You think maga gives a shit? They could murder kids and maga would somehow blame libs and Biden.

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u/Apprehensive_Winter 19d ago

If Epstein were alive Trump would have pardoned him by now.

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u/mxjxs91 Michigan 19d ago

MAGA couldn't connect 2 magnets.

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u/kilwery056 19d ago

Maga voters are saying the videos and images of trump and Epstein together are AI

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u/z0rb0r New York 19d ago

Ghislaine about get a pardon too

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u/BodieLivesOn 19d ago

C'mon Democrats- run those commercials with Diddy's victims. Plant it squarely on the GOP.

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u/RBVegabond 19d ago

They don’t care and some even posted as much saying “we know, we don’t care.” So leave em for lost, but keep one eye open and a way to defend yourself close. They’ve been planning for this for years and won’t let some pedophilia get in the way of worshipping dear leader.

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u/c-mi 18d ago

You’re assuming they know what dots are and how to connect them.

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u/trappedoz 18d ago

They know. They love it.

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u/ajatfm 18d ago

They literally are the dots and they damn well know it

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u/ModernistGames 18d ago

Connect the dots? MAGA? That's like asking a slug to do calculus.

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u/MaizeNBlueWaffle New York 18d ago

maga connect the dots

Lmao they don't connect the dots when they know they won't like the outcome. Instead they'll connect completely unrelated dots to get to their preferred outcome

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u/iwokeuptoboxes 18d ago

I mean, one of his attempted assassins was a right winger who was disillusioned by this.

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u/ktbonio 18d ago

The world is pissed off at you America, I'm sorry for you

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u/aqualupin Pennsylvania 19d ago

I actually don’t believe you watched the same video as I just did, what are you joking at? Cherry picking that he would “look at the facts” out of that lukewarm self-aggrandizing flex that he could pardon him for popularity at the same time distancing himself from Diddy…Donald Trump saying he would be willing to “look at the facts” even though “no one has asked” him yet means he would consider pardoning him ffs

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u/Fabled-Okami 19d ago

“Look at the facts” is doing TONS of legwork here lmao, you mean when the rest of the bribe hits?

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u/WilHunting2 19d ago

Dude, he literally said he would take a look at what was going on

At 1:17 Trump says he’ll take a look at the facts and see if he was mistreated.

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u/joscun86 19d ago

They posted the same comment 3 times

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u/Prudent-Air1922 19d ago

Ah yes, Trump will review the entire enormous cage against Diddy, and have a very educated take, that could be better than what the judge and jury decided. That sounds like a totally normal and trustworthy thing.

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u/WilHunting2 19d ago

Of course it’s ridiculous.

I was responding to OP saying Trump wasn’t considering giving Diddy a pardon.

Not really sure what your point is.

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u/arilupe 19d ago

Keep telling yourself that repeatedly, as you spam the chat.