A White House official pushed back on a report that President Donald Trump is considering commuting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ prison sentence.
TMZ reported last Monday that the president was “vacillating” on a commutation for the music mogul, citing a “high-ranking White House official.”
“There is zero truth to the TMZ report, which we would’ve gladly explained had they reached out before running their fake news,” the official told NBC News in a statement on Tuesday. “The President, not anonymous sources, is the final decider on pardons and commutations.”
A spokesperson for the celebrity news and entertainment outlet reaffirmed the claims made in their report.
“We stand by our story,” TMZ spokesperson Casey Carver told NBC News in a brief statement.
In related news, a release date for Combs has reportedly been revealed.
News Nation said that online records from the Bureau of Prisons list Combs release date as May of 2028. The outlet said the date reflects time already served, as well as the Bureau of Prisons’ First Step Act, which allows federal inmates to earn “good time credit” for each year of their sentence, potentially leading to serving 85% of their time.
Earlier this month U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Combs to 50 months in prison after he was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.