No evidence implicating Kamala Harris in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged crimes
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The Instagram post and the article it refers to does not present any evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in the crimes Sean "Diddy" Combs’ is accused of committing.
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We searched Google and the Nexis news database and found no credible reports of Harris being involved in Combs’ alleged crimes.
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Combs’ indictment does not mention Harris.
Following Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Sept. 16 arrest and subsequent charges including sex trafficking and racketeering, some social media users have claimed that some high-profile politicians took part in the alleged crimes.
“Kamala involved in P-Diddy’s Rapes and Assaults!” text over an Instagram video posted Sept. 26 reads. The post includes a clip of conservative podcast host Jeremy Herrell saying, “Kamala Harris was the attorney general in that state while allegations were being made, while women were coming out and saying that they were beaten, assaulted and raped and drugged. And Kamala Harris did nothing about it.”
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The video refers to an article titled “P. Diddy and Jeffrey Epstein Barely Scratch The Surface of America’s Elite Rot,” by The Federalist, a conservative outlet from which PolitiFact has previously debunked claims.
The article claims that politicians reportedly took part in Combs’ “freak offs,” at which Combs would coerce women into sexual encounters with sex workers. The article does not mention Harris.
Harris was California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2017. Combs’ indictment says allegations against him date back decades and that his criminal enterprise was headquartered in both Manhattan and Los Angeles. The indictment does not mention Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
The Instagram video presented no evidence to support the claim, citing only Harris’ role as California’s attorney general during the period in which Combs supposedly committed the crimes.
We searched Google and the Nexis news database and found no credible reports of Harris being involved in Combs’ alleged crimes.
PolitiFact also previously found that photographs showing Harris posing with Combs were altered.
We rate the claim that Harris was “involved in P-Diddy’s rapes and assaults” Pants on Fire!
Our Sources
Instagram post (archived), Sept. 26, 2024
PolitiFact, A caller told Clark County, Ohio, officials he saw Haitians steal geese. They found no proof, Sept. 15, 2024
The Federalist, P. Diddy And Jeffrey Epstein Barely Scratch The Surface of America’s Elite Rot, Sept. 25, 2024
DocumentCloud, Sealed indictment, accessed Sept. 27, 2024
PolitiFact, No, this photo doesn’t show Kamala Harris posing with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Sept. 19, 2024
