Key Takeaways
- New York Congressman-elect Anthony Constantino doubled down on his call for Trump to free Sean “Diddy” Combs, telling TMZ the music executive made New York “exciting” and created jobs.
- Constantino first urged Trump to consider freeing Diddy during his Nov. 3 victory speech, but admitted he hadn’t followed the trial that ended with Combs’ conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
- Combs received a 50-month sentence and $500,000 fine in October 2025, and federal records list his projected release date as Feb. 6, 2028.
NY-21 District elect Anthony Constantino has backed his call to “Free Diddy” with claims that the music executive made New York more “exciting.”
The politician spoke with TMZ on Capitol Hill on Tuesday (Nov. 10), with Constantino recalling that he wanted to “make New York exciting again," which he connected to the Bad Boy Entertainment founder, real name Sean Combs.
"He made New York exciting. And he's scheduled to be released in two years. And a lot of people got interesting opinions on that. So I said, we should consider looking at it," he continued.
"We got to make New York exciting. New York lost two million people. They lost Donald Trump to Florida," Constantino said, adding that people came to New York City to work with Diddy.
"New York City in particular is going down the tubes. Upstate's going down the tubes. All the buildings are empty. I filled up eight buildings with machinery, with jobs. I like creating jobs. He was a job creator," he explained.
Constantino went on to admit that while he didn't follow Diddy's sex trafficking and racketeering trial, which ended with the rapper-producer being found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
Constantino’s public praise for Diddy began during his Nov. 3 election-night speech in Amsterdam, New York, where he declared victory over Democrat Blake Gendebien by about two points in NY-21.
"I think President Trump should consider freeing Diddy. This is a historic New Yorker that did great things for New York State,” the politician said.
In October 2025, the three-time Grammy winner was sentenced to fifty months and fined $500,000. That same month, President Trump said Diddy had asked him for a pardon.
Constantino takes his seat on Jan. 3, 2027, while federal records list Diddy's projected release as Feb. 6, 2028, which has been repeatedly pushed up.
