Combs, who was charged last September, is currently on trial in the Southern District of New York on sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. But starting after Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, close associates of the mogul got to work on cozying up to Trumpland.

Sean “Diddy” Combs may be looking to an unlikely figure for help during his high-profile criminal case: President Donald Trump. While the hip-hop mogul’s legal team wages war in a Manhattan courtroom against sweeping federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges,

As Sean “Diddy” Combs ... angling for a potential Presidential pardon — from none other than former U.S. President Donald Trump. While Combs has publicly distanced himself from Trump ...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs, facing federal charges including sex trafficking, is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.

Well, Suge Knight may be on to something … As the legal firestorm surrounding Sean “Diddy” Combs intensifies, sources close to the embattled music icon claim his team is quietly exploring a bold and controversial lifeline: a potential presidential pardon from former U.S. President Donald Trump.

LOWER MANHATTAN -- The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy ... Combs and his lawyers say he's innocent and any group sex was consensual. They say there was no effort to coerce people ...

This week, the stories of those in Combs’ inner circle were heard in his federal trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. They told of his threats of murder, coercion, kidnapping and the beatings he inflicted on his former girlfriend.