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Right-wing political commentator Megyn Kelly<\/a> urged President Donald Trump<\/a> not to offer Sean \u201cDiddy<\/a>\u201d Combs a pardon, warning him it would \u201cnot help\u201d the Republican Party win over young women voters. <\/p>\n Kelly, the former Fox News host who now has a popular podcast<\/a>, issued the warning to the president after seeing reports on Wednesday that Trump was not ruling out offering Combs a pardon<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cTrump should not pardon Diddy. He doesn\u2019t deserve it,\u201d Kelly wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s a Trump hater. He\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Later, on Kelly\u2019s podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, she reiterated her points about how potential women voters would perceive Trump\u2019s pardoning of Combs, a \u201cserial woman abuser,\u201d as a \u201cmiscarriage of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe GOP is already struggling with female voters and they\u2019re not all lefties. There are young, conservative women who aren\u2019t in love with Trump or MAGA, there are. And this will not help,\u201d Kelly said. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Conservative political commentator Megyn Kelly urged President Donald Trump not to pardon Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs, saying it would have negative repercussions (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n Combs was found guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution purposes<\/a> earlier this month in federal court in New York. The music mogul faced a roughly eight-week-long trial on allegations of sex trafficking and racketeering as well, though he was acquitted on those charges. <\/p>\n Regardless of the legal punishment Combs faces for his conviction, his reputation has been tarnished by the trial, which revealed Combs had physically, emotionally, verbally, and sexually abused several women<\/a>, including his ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura. Throughout the trial, witnesses painted Combs as sexually deviant and uncontrollably angry \u2013 at any moment, he could become physically violent. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe all saw the videotape of him beating the hell out of Cassandra Ventura. But there was so much more testimony about the other women he repeatedly beat all the way up to when he was arrested. He doesn\u2019t deserve any of Trump\u2019s mercy,\u201d Kelly said. <\/p>\n Trump has not formally agreed to pardon Combs, but when confronted with the question back in May, he did not rule it out.<\/p>\n “I would certainly look at the facts,” Trump said to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy. “If I think somebody was mistreated \u2013 whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact.”<\/p>\n![\"Conservative](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2193321469.jpg\")
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