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# Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Acquitted of Sex Trafficking and Racketeering Conspiracy, but Found Guilty on Lesser Charges

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## Transcript

The reaction is that we're we're we're pleased that he that he's finally been held responsible for two federal crimes, something that he's never faced in his life. He still faces substantial jail time. Of course, we would have liked to have seen a conviction on the sex crimes in Rico. But we understand beyond a reasonable doubt is a high standard. And we're just pleased that, uh, that he still faces substantial jail time. Today is a great victory. It's a great victory for Sean Combs. It's a great victory for the jury system. You saw that the Southern District of New York prosecutors came at him with all that they had.

They're not stopping. But one thing stands between all of us and a prison. And that is a jury of 12 citizens. And we had a wonderful jury. They listened to every word, and they got the situation right, or certainly right enough. They acquitted him of the sex trafficking, which he was absolutely innocent of. They acquitted him of the racketeering conspiracy that he was absolutely innocent of. And all of the components to it, the kidnapping he was innocent of that, the arson he was innocent of that, the obstructing justice. He was innocent of that. And that is no longer just me saying that that is the verdict of our jury.

So today's a great day. Today is a win.

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