When a reporter asked Donald Trump if he would pardon Sean “Diddy” Combs if he were found guilty in his sex trafficking trial, his response was unexpected.

Diddy, 55, faces five felony accusations, including transportation to engage in prostitution, sex trafficking, and racketeering conspiracy.

To every case, the music mogul entered a not guilty plea.

Testimonies at Combs’ trial, which is in its third week in New York, have come from a number of people, including his ex-girlfriend Cassie, who claims to have endured years of abuse, her ex-boyfriend Kid Cudi, who claimed that Diddy was involved in his 2012 firebombing of his Porsche, and a male escort known as “The Punisher,” who has talked about his purported freak-off experiences.

The court denied the defense’s request for a mistrial earlier this week after Diddy’s attorneys claimed that the prosecution attempted to suggest to the jury that he obstructed Kid Cudi’s inquiry into his blown-up Porsche.

A journalist recently asked President Trump, who has been photographed with Diddy on several occasions over the years, if he would think about pardoning the founder of Bad Boy.

The reporter began the question by mentioning that in 2012, Trump, who is now 78, thought of Combs as a buddy.

He said in a recent news conference: “Nobody’s asked, but I know people are thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking.”

“First of all, I’d look at what’s happening, and I haven’t been watching it too closely…I haven’t seen him. I haven’t spoken to him in years.”

Trump added: “He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics, sort of, that relationship busted up from what I read.”

“You become a much different person when you run for politics and you do what’s right Our country’s doing really well because of what we’re doing.”

“If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me.”

It follows Wednesday’s pardons of reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were found guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022.

The president also pardoned rapper NBA Youngboy, who was convicted of gun-related offences.

“I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist,” the rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, said in a statement.