Sean “Diddy” Combs’s legal team has contacted the Trump administration to seek a pardon for his two prostitution-related convictions.

Nicole Westmoreland, one of the lawyers who represented the music mogul during his criminal trial, said her team had held discussions with the White House about a potential pardon.

“It’s my understanding that we’ve reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon,” Ms Westmoreland told CNN.

Combs is currently in federal prison awaiting sentencing after he was convicted for two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution last month. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

He was acquitted on the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

On Monday, a federal judge denied the 55-year-old’s request to be released on bail pending his October sentencing hearing.

Last week Mr Trump suggested he was unlikely to pardon Combs because he had not been supportive during his presidential campaign.