The White House has finally broken silence on the reports that US President Donald Trump is considering commuting Sean "Diddy" Combs’ sentence.
According to Sky News, a White House official has declared that there is “zero truth” in the reports that President Trump will pardon an American former rapper who has been jailed for four months for a prostitution conviction.
US entertainment site TMZ earlier this week, citing a "high-ranking White House official," reported that the Republican president was "vacillating" about possibly reducing the music mogul's sentence.
However, a White House official pushed back on the claims and told NBC News, “(There is) citing a "high-ranking White House official. (Trump) not anonymous sources, is the final decider on pardons and commutations.”
Meanwhile, reacting to the White House official statement, Casey Carver, a spokesperson for TMZ, said, “We stand by our story.”
“The White House Communications Office is saying our story is not true. We stand by our story. Our story is accurate,” the outlet stated in an update to the story on its website.
Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison and a $500,000 fine earlier this month after he was found guilty of prostitution charges after a high-profile trial.
