- R&B singer R. Kelly has officially asked Donald Trump to commute his 30-year prison sentence for sex crimes.
- Kelly was convicted in 2021 of federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges in New York.
- His attorneys submitted the request for commutation to the Justice Department, which was made public this week.
- In addition to being convicted in 2021, R. Kelly was sentenced in 2023 to 20 years in prison for child sex crimes, which he is serving concurrently.
- He was found guilty in Chicago of coercing three minors into criminal sexual activity and producing three child sexual abuse videos.
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