Oh yeah, forgot about the pardon as it somehow hasn’t happened yet. Diddy’s best money is spent on some nice plushy cell, paying the $50 (as if) to Trump and then getting out.
How much does it cost to buy a pardon for Trump? I thought Diddy had over a billion dollars at his peak. Trump could probably offer a pardon for $10 million or so.
In the U.S., there is, generally, a distinction between a jail and a prison. Generally speaking, jails are where accused people are held pending trial (or after conviction, but before sentencing). and bail is a system which allows one to await trial while not sitting in a jail cell. (Jails may also be used for short-term imprisonment for those convicted of more minor offenses for which the sentence is actual time served, rather than a fine or probation.)
Prisons, on the other hand, are where convicted people are sent to serve their sentences once they have been convicted and sentenced.
While Combs was awaiting trial, he attempted to be freed on bail, but was rejected three times before the trial, and was also denied bail after his conviction in July, while he was awaiting sentencing.
Combs is now a convicted, sentenced felon, and the sentence which has been handed down is to serve 50 months in a prison. He can, and will appeal, but it is a rare thing for a convicted felon to be allowed to remain free while appealing a conviction; nearly always, they will be serving time while appeals play out.
Rarely, if ever, would that happen.
So pardon it will be. Maybe not so immediate - he needs a good time to attack the Eastern District and Biden appointees. No idea if or how much cash will be involved.
I was surprised when he pardoned Ross Ulbricht (Dread Pirate of Dark-web drug deals) who was in Supermax for life. Maybe he did it just to blow off what was a pretty thorough FBI case. And, how would I know for sure, yet I’ve heard the Dark Web is still a thing.