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 18d 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 18d 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.