Holy shit.
Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal
(CNN)The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to court records unsealed Tuesday in federal court.
The case is the latest legal twist in the waning days of President Donald Trump's administration after several of his top advisers have been convicted of federal criminal charges and as the possibility rises of Trump giving pardons to those who've been loyal to him.
The disclosure is in 20 pages of partially redacted documents made public by the DC District Court on Tuesday afternoon. The records show Chief Judge Beryl Howell's review in August of a request from prosecutors to access documents obtained in a search as part of a bribery-for-pardon investigation.
The filings don't reveal a timeline of the alleged scheme, or any names of people potentially involved, except that communications between people including at least one lawyer were seized from an office that was raided sometime before the end of this summer.
NEW NEW: The Justice Dept is investigating a potentially criminal scheme of bribery for a presidential pardon.
LOTS redacted/unknown ... but court records are here, released this afternoon by the DC District Court:
https://dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/20gj35 Partial Unsealing Order.pdf
Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal
(CNN)The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to court records unsealed Tuesday in federal court.
The case is the latest legal twist in the waning days of President Donald Trump's administration after several of his top advisers have been convicted of federal criminal charges and as the possibility rises of Trump giving pardons to those who've been loyal to him.
The disclosure is in 20 pages of partially redacted documents made public by the DC District Court on Tuesday afternoon. The records show Chief Judge Beryl Howell's review in August of a request from prosecutors to access documents obtained in a search as part of a bribery-for-pardon investigation.
The filings don't reveal a timeline of the alleged scheme, or any names of people potentially involved, except that communications between people including at least one lawyer were seized from an office that was raided sometime before the end of this summer.
NEW NEW: The Justice Dept is investigating a potentially criminal scheme of bribery for a presidential pardon.
LOTS redacted/unknown ... but court records are here, released this afternoon by the DC District Court:
https://dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/20gj35 Partial Unsealing Order.pdf
Loving your pain, every. single. day. 
