(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has confirmed that Sean "Diddy" Combs had requested a pardon on his prostitution-related felony conviction.

"A lot of people have asked me for pardons," Trump told journalists in the Oval Office on Monday. "I call him Puff Daddy; he has asked me for a pardon."

Combs’ attorneys did not immediately return a request for comment from NewsNation.

The music producer was sentenced to four years and two months last week after being convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution under the Mann Act.

Combs was the center of a months-long trial earlier this year, which put his clout and celebrity in focus around accusations of human trafficking and prostitution.

He was acquitted of larger racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

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