After Sean “Diddy” Combs’ partial acquittal on sex trafficking charges in a bombshell criminal trial earlier this summer, the music mogul’s legal team has been public about their efforts to secure a presidential pardon. But is that even possible? What would the process look like? And how might Combs’ reps try to win over President Donald Trump?

Combs was acquitted on July 2 of racketeering and sex-trafficking, the most serious counts he faced in a trial over his drug-fueled, marathon sex-parties known as “freak-offs.” The rapper was convicted only of hiring sex workers for the orgies, significantly reducing his potential prison sentence from decades to likely just a few years.

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