Diddy compares himself to Trump while trying to get home for Thanksgiving

Sean “Diddy” Combs uses the “But Donald Trump” defense in his latest Thanksgiving bail bid.

Combs’ lawyers have already tried several times to get the jailed ex-tycoon released on bail. But when prosecutors objected to his latest attempt, arguing that Combs was trying to influence jurors from behind prison walls, his team cited Trump’s defense that he reserves the right to “criticize and speak out against the prosecution and the criminal trial process.” which seek to deprive him of his freedom,” in several documents.

“The court should apply Trump’s heightened standard when reviewing Mr. Combs’ speech,” Combs’ legal team argues.

Combs was arrested Sept. 16 in a Manhattan hotel lobby and remained in jail awaiting trial on May 5, 2025, on three counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for the purpose of prostitution.

Between raids on his home and multiple lawsuits accusing him of sexual and physical abuse and forced drug use, Combs’ legal troubles have been at the center of the news cycle for nearly a year.

Referring at length to Trump’s legal defense in the new lawsuit, Combs’ lawyers likened it to a “PR campaign” in which the prosecution accuses him of escaping from prison to attract jurors to Trump’s defense of his own comments in Trump v. United States. . this would allow an assessment of his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election before those charges were dropped. on Monday.

Trump has continually shared public thoughts about the trial via social media, raising questions about whether the comments constitute obstruction of justice. However, Trump’s team argued that “only a significant and immediate threat to the administration of criminal justice would support restrictions on Mr. Trump’s speech.”

Combs said the protection should include him because his comments about being a “revolutionary” or the “racist” prosecution included thoughts “that the prosecution is politically motivated or that he is innocent of the charges against him.” . protected speech,” his lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.

On this point, Combs’ defense concludes: “The government is essentially advocating a standard that the entire press community – both civil litigants and the government itself – can wage war on Mr. Combs’ reputation, but Mr. Combs can’t even try to influence public opinion in response,” which, they write, “simply is not the law.”