R. Kelly is asking President Trump to commute his 30-year prison sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking.
his 30-year prison sentenceThe Justice Department’s website identifies Kelly as seeking only a commutation, which would reduce his sentence, rather than a full pardon. Any documents he submitted in support of the request were not made public.
Kelly, 59, was convicted on all counts at a 2021 trial in federal court in Brooklyn. Jurors found him guilty of racketeering, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of children, kidnapping, and forced labor. In June 2025, his lawyer, Beau B. Brindley, filed a motion for a new trial that also asked for Kelly’s immediate release on bond due to health concerns and an alleged plot against his life.
The lawyer claimed Kelly was denied treatment for dangerous blood clots in his lungs and that “an avowed white supremacist” had said prison officials recruited him to harm Kelly in custody. At a news conference that month, Brindley said he planned to appeal directly to Trump for help.
“R. Kelly does not have the time, with his life in danger, to go through the normal channels,” Brindley said, according to‘s request for comment on Wednesday. The White House also did not immediately reply to an email seeking a statement on the commutation request.
Indiana Prosecutors Aghast at Phish Fans Who Showed Up to Concerts With Drugs At Kelly’s Brooklyn-based trial, the jury found that the singer had sex with underage girls and bribed a state employee to create a phony ID card so he could marry the 15-year-old singer Aaliyah because he believed she was pregnant and thought the marriage would save him from jail. A federal judge in Chicago still hasn’t ruled on Kelly’s motion for a new trial, but his request for bond in the meantime was denied.
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