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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Lawyers Accuse the Government of Leaking Information to Undermine His Case
Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs have accused the government of leaking information to the press to undermine his case.
In the ongoing case against Sean “Diddy” Combs, his legal team has filed an evidentiary hearing earlier today that accuses the government of orchestrating a smear campaign by colluding with the media to undermine a fair trial. They state that federal agents must have known in advance that there would be a break in Donald Trump’s hush money trial for the former president to attend his son Barron Trump’s graduation and that the timing of May 17 was “a perfect time, as it was a slow news day.” After CNN broke the video, counsel claims that the government took no further action, and is asking for an evidentiary hearing to determine if an agent provided the tape to CNN. Counsel points to various leaks over the past seven months and anonymous Department of Homeland Security statements given to the press as concrete examples of trying to “savage Mr. Combs’ reputation prior to trial.” They’re asking for an investigation into the misconduct, disclosure of relevant discovery, forbiddance of government officials leaking further information and other remedies, which could include “disqualification of witnesses, suppression of evidence including the 2016 video, or dismissal of all charges in the indictment.
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