Mitch McCann: US Correspondent on Sean “Diddy” Combs' conviction

People are swarming outside a New York courthouse following Sean “Diddy” Combs' conviction.

The 55-year-old hip hop mogul's been found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution.

But he's been acquitted of his more serious charges, of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking.

US Correspondent Mitch McCann is outside the courthouse and told Ryan Bridge social media influencers are everywhere, streaming live from outside.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right now.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
Much McCann is in the US for US Mitch. Lots
of attention, lots of eyes on the courthouse and Lower
Manhattan for the Diddy verdict, and we have one.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
Yeah, that's right, Good morning, Ryan. Shaun Didy Combs was
convicted today on two criminal charges of the five he
actually faced this morning. But remarkably, the headline really is
that he escaped the most serious charges, and they were
racketeering conspiracy. This is a charge that is usually reserved
for mafia bosses or gang leaders. Prosecutors say he led
a criminal enterprise and the other charges he escaped were

(00:33):
sex trafficking, so there was a prospect that did he
would be jailed for the rest of his life. Now
there's the possibility that he'll be released this afternoon on
a bond of those charges of which he was goeeing
guilty and may face up to ten years in prison.
But certainly this is a win for Diddy and his
defense team.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
And the crowd loves it outside from what I can hear,
the people who are wearing the free Diddy t shirts.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah, that's right. What's interesting about this case, Ryan, as
you have all the meat like you had at Trump's
trials last year. But also it's the middle of summer
here in New York, so you've got dozens and dozens
of tourists that have just turned up to watch. But
you also have the element where this has become the
sort of thing where social media influences turn up with
your selfie sticks and broadcast live, so they everywhere. When
you go up to the court, you've got to navigate

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all these little live broadcasts going on.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Meanwhile, you've got your own one going on here. Mitch, Hey,
the big beautiful bill very quickly. Is it going to
get through by Trump's self imposed deadline? Do we think?

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Yeah, It's hard to know, Ryan, because there's a lot
of conservative conservative hardliners that are not happy with the
figure that came out from the Congressional Budget Office that
said it's going to add three point three trillion dollars
to the national debt. Now, Mike Johnson, the Speaker of
the House, is they could be a vote as soon
as today, but it's remaining unlikely that it's going to
pass the sooner it happens, so it may be a

(01:51):
couple of days before that actually passes.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
Mitch, Thanks so much for your time. Mitch mccan o
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