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(NewsNation) — Sean "Diddy" Combs lawyer Mark Geragos believes President Donald Trump and the rap mogul person akin experiences of ineligible persecution.
In turn, Geragos told "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" that if a pardon occurred, it would beryllium somewhat influenced by a "resonance" betwixt the pair.
Both victims of justness system: Geragos
A White House authoritative said Tuesday that the president is not considering a pardon contempt reports from TMZ.
"If determination is immoderate benignant of pardon oregon commutation successful the works, I deliberation it's it's astir apt much a merchandise of the president knowing that Sean, similar the president, they some share, oregon it resonates that New York prosecutors came aft him and weaponized the ineligible system," Geragos said.
"I don't privation to telephone it a kumbaya, but there's surely a resonance oregon a similarity betwixt the two."
Combs asked Trump for pardon
Earlier this month, Trump confirmed Combs had asked for a pardon. Geragos refused to stock the means by which his lawsuit reached retired to the president.
"I'm not going to betray precisely how, but I cognize that determination has been that communication, and I cognize that evidently Sean would invited a commutation oregon a pardon," Geragos told NewsNation.
"The authorities took a swing, a large swing, astatine him, and fundamentally tried to instrumentality his full luck and nett worthy and the remainder of his life, and they lost. And I deliberation that the 50-month condemnation was punitive."
Diddy has 'tough days' successful prison
The Daily Mail reported that Combs had a weapon pressed against his cervix by a chap inmate and "was seconds from death."
Geragos noted that it was successful sentencing paperwork helium had antecedently seen, and "these are the things that hap successful a situation facility."
He added Combs "has pugnacious days, similar everybody else, [but] he'll get done it."
