R. Kelly’s latest bid for freedom now awaits decision from Trump administration

R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on June 26, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Prosecutors turned over to Kelly's defense team a DVD that alleges to show Kelly having sex with an underage girl in the 1990s. Kelly has been charged with multiple sex crimes involving four women, three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged encounters. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Kelly’s request is pending after his attorneys formally asked President Donald Trump to reduce his 30-year federal prison term.

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R. Kelly is asking President Donald Trump to commute his federal prison sentence, marking the first formal request in the singer’s effort to secure an early release.

According to CBS Chicago, Kelly’s attorneys submitted a clemency application to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney earlier this year. The request is listed as pending, and no decision has been announced.

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