After federal agents raided rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami homes earlier this week, the famed rapper remains linked to a human trafficking investigation. , declared his innocence. On Thursday’s “Fox & Friends First,” criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Bob Bianchi explained why the raid was a “very ominous sign” for “Diddy.”
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Bob Bianchi: Typically speaking, [prosecutors] Don’t do this kind of serious action before the judge can be there, get the phone, get the electronic data, and conduct the trial. some of these houses, you know it’s going to be a high-profile case, unless you have a serious belief that significant evidence of a crime will be discovered at the location. And that’s exactly the standard that the judge who signed the warrant found based on information given by investigators. Of course he is now presumed innocent. No one is saying he did anything at this particular point. But as a criminal defense attorney now that he’s been a prosecutor for many years, he sees this as a very ominous sign for him.
On March 25, law enforcement officers were photographed outside Diddy’s Beverly Hills property, and the Department of Homeland Security searched several of the rapper’s properties. (HIGHFIVE/Bauer Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)
Homeland Security officials raided Sean “Diddy” Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami on Monday.
U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News that the raid on Diddy’s home is related to a federal human trafficking investigation. It’s unclear whether the rapper is the subject of an investigation by federal agents.
Speaking for the first time since the raid, Combs denied the “unjustified accusations” made against him.
Sean Combs’ LA home was searched by Homeland Security officials on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation. It’s unclear if the rapper was at his home at the time. (FOX11/Getty Images)
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“Yesterday, there was an excessive use of military-level force during the execution of a search warrant at Mr. Combs’ residence,” his attorney Aaron Dyer said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Tuesday. Stated.
“There is no excuse for the excessive use of force or hostility shown by authorities, or the treatment of children and employees. Mr. Combs was never detained, but he spoke and cooperated with authorities.”
“This unprecedented ambush, combined with a sophisticated and coordinated media presence, led to Mr. Combs’ premature sentencing and amounted to nothing short of a witch hunt based on unsubstantiated accusations made in a civil lawsuit,” Dyer said. he added.
“No criminal or civil liability has been found for any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every day to clear his name.”
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FOX News’ Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
