President Trump on Friday mentioned he’d prefer to “release everything” the federal government has on infamous late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and signaled that he’s leaning towards pardoning rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Trump’s remarks in regards to the Epstein recordsdata come every week after Deputy Legal professional Basic Todd Blanche interviewed the deceased intercourse offender’s convicted confederate, Ghislaine Maxwell, for about 9-hours at a federal jail in Florida.
“I think [Blanche] probably wanted to know, you know, just to get a feeling of it, because we’d like to release everything, but we don’t want people to get hurt that shouldn’t be hurt,” Trump advised Newsmax host Rob Finnerty.
“I want to release everything,” the president declared. “I just don’t want people to get hurt.”
“Todd went in and I think he just wants to make sure that innocent people aren’t hurt,” Trump added, noting that he hasn’t spoken along with his deputy legal professional basic about Maxwell and doesn’t know if there are plans to launch a transcript of the interview.
Trump additionally reiterated his view on a possible pardon for Maxwell, who’s serving a 20-year sentence for intercourse trafficking however has just lately been moved to a minimum-security jail in Texas.
“I’m allowed to do it, but nobody’s asked me to do it,” the president mentioned. “I know nothing about it. I don’t know anything about the case, but I know I have the right to do it.”
The president was additionally requested by Finnerty a few potential pardon for Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was discovered responsible of two counts of prostitution earlier this month however acquitted of intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses.
“Well, he was essentially, I guess, sort of half innocent,” Trump mentioned of the Diddy case.
The president appeared to nonetheless be wrestling with whether or not he would contemplate clemency for his former acquaintance and revealed that he has been approached about pardoning the rapper.
“Probably – eh, you know, I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great, and seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well, but when I ran for office he was very hostile,” Trump mentioned.
“It’s hard, you know, like, we’re human beings, and we don’t like to have things cloud our judgment, right? But when you knew someone and you were fine, and then you run for office, and he made some terrible statements – so, I don’t know, it’s more difficult,” the president continued.
“It makes it more – I’m being honest – it makes it more difficult to do.”
“They have talked to me about Sean,” Trump revealed.
When Finnerty requested if Trump was “more likely a ‘no’ for Combs,” the president responded: “I would say so.”
Combs can be sentenced in October and faces a most of 20 years behind bars.
