R. Kelly Formally Asks Trump to Commute 30-Year Sentence

By Steven J. Horowitz

Steven J. Horowitz

Senior Music Writer

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R. Kelly has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his 30-year sentence, according to court records made public this week by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

The request for commutation, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune, is listed as currently pending and is not asking Trump for a full pardon. It comes a little over a year after his attorney Beau Brindley filed an emergency motion seeking the singer’s immediate release from federal custody to home detention, claiming that his life was in danger and accusing the government of misconduct.

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