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A White House official on Tuesday pushed back on a report that President Donald Trump is considering commuting Sean "Diddy" Combs ' prison sentence as soon as this week.

TMZ reported on Monday that the president was "vacillating" on a commutation for the music mogul, citing a "high-ranking White House official."

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"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. "The President, not anonymous sources, is the final decider on pardons and commutations."

Casey Carver, a spokesperson for TMZ, said in a brief statement: "We stand by our story."

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