the White House and its unconventional allies scrambled to secure Rocky’s freedom.
WASHINGTON — When rapper A$AP Rocky was freed from detention in Sweden and returned to the United States earlier this month, it marked the end of a bizarre saga that at one point involved the president, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and the State Department’s top hostage negotiator.
While Scott said he was initially skeptical of Rocky, he decided to get involved after watching full videos of the incident that left him feeling the rapper had been harassed by the man he was accused of assaulting and then “railroaded” by the Swedish justice system. Lanier said he viewed Rocky’s detention as “a black man that we believe is innocent stuck in jail.”
Ehmann did not respond to multiple requests for comment, including specific questions about whether he made comments that were attributed to him by Scott and Lanier. Four other representatives for the rapper also did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Scott and Lanier provided Yahoo with copies of emails, texts and chat messages that they said came from Ehmann, Rocky’s manager, and other members of the rapper’s team.
“Many, many members of the African-American community have called me, friends of mine, and said, ‘Could you help?’” Trump said. “So I personally don’t know A$AP Rocky, but I can tell you he has a lot of support from the African-American community in this country.” After speaking with the prime minister, Trump took to Twitter and said he had “assured” his counterpart that Rocky wasn’t a “flight risk” and “offered to personally vouch for his bail, or an alternative.” Lanier said Kushner reported back and said Trump suggested that Rocky could be held in the U.S. Embassy or a hotel until his trial was completed.
On Aug. 2, when the trial concluded, Rocky was released and allowed to return to the United States even though a verdict had not been reached in the case. Scott dismissed this as “generic” and kept pressing Ehmann about when Rocky would do something specifically thanking the White House. Scott said it was “embarrassing” to have to tell Kushner, who reached out to him after Rocky’s release, that they had no communication from the rapper.
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