TMZ: NY-21 Elect Constantino Asks Trump to Consider a Diddy Pardon

By Miles Carter, November 11, 2026

A TMZ article published Nov 10, 2026, at 12:48 PM ET, reports that Anthony Constantino, the representative-elect for New York's 21st Congressional District, asked President Trump to consider a pardon for Diddy. That account is TMZ's written report. This article does not independently review the TMZ interview video and does not treat a pardon as granted or imminent. It is a request, as TMZ described it.

TMZ identifies Constantino as a businessman "who will soon be sworn in as a member of Congress," not as a sitting member. The same article says a TMZ reporter spoke with him on Capitol Hill about a comment from his victory speech calling on Trump to consider pardoning Diddy, and that Constantino stood by that request.

What TMZ attributed, and what this article does not add

According to TMZ's written account, Constantino argued that Diddy had made New York better for business and parties by bringing well-known artists to the state to work with him. Those claims are TMZ's summary of his position, not findings in this report.

This article does not add a conviction, sentence, or release date, and it does not quote the TMZ interview. No official court record was opened for this hook, and none is required to report the political request as TMZ wrote it.