
Megyn Kellyis speaking out to urgePresident Donald Trumpagainst potentially pardoningSean "Diddy" Combs. Inan X post on July 30, Kelly said that "Trump should not pardon Diddy" because "he doesn't deserve it"referencing a Deadline report published a day earlier– featuring unnamed sources – that considered the possibility of a pardon. "He's a Trump hater. He's a woman abuser. MAGA is already upset over elites seeming to cover for each other. This would not help. GOP struggling w/young female voters, most of whom will HATE a Diddy pardon," Kelly continued. USA TODAY reached out to Combs' team for comment. Trump weighed in on the possibilityof pardoning Combs on May 30 in the Oval Office. "Nobody's asked" about a pardon, the president said. "But I know people are thinking about it. I know they're thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking." Trump added, "I haven't spoken to him in years. He really liked me a lot." KellyandTrumphave a complicated relationship of their own that spans more than a decade. Despitefalling outin the lead up to the 2016 presidential election, which Trump won, the pair have since patched things up: They embraced at aPennsylvania campaign rallyin November, where the former Fox News star proudlyendorsed him for presidentin an enthusiastic speech. Trump should not pardon Diddy. He doesn't deserve it. He's a Trump hater. He's a woman abuser. MAGA is already upset over elites seeming to cover for each other. This would not help. GOP struggling w/young female voters, most of whom will HATE a Diddy pardon. — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly)July 30, 2025 Ex-Trump staffer Hope Hicks joins MegynKelly's media company as COO Pressure toward the president has mounted recently as questions ariseabout his past relationship with former friendand convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein, who sexually abused underage girls anddied by suicide in August 2019under circumstances that havesince become the source of widespread conspiracy theories. But Trump has shown a willingness in the past to pardon imprisoned celebrities, including during his first term and now in his second. In May, Trump announced pardons for reality TV coupleTodd and Julie Chrisleyand rapperNBA YoungBoy– also known by his legal name Kentrell Gaulden and artistically asYoungBoy Never Broke Again. Near the end of his first term in 2021, Trumppardoned rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black. Sean 'Diddy' Combs argues for jailrelease on $50 million bond ahead of sentencing Combs legal team argued again this week for his releasefrom federal prison, nearly one month after the embattled music mogul was acquitted of the most serious charges in his sex-crimes trial. According to legal documents reviewed by USA TODAY, Combs' lawyers asked Judge Arun Subramanian on July 29 to release Combs on a $50 million bond and allow him to live in his Miami mansion — instead of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn — as he awaits sentencing in October. Contributing: David Oliver, Marco della Cava This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Megyn Kelly says Trump 'should not pardon Diddy'