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Documents reveal Justice Department is investigating cash-for-pardon scheme

3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago Wednesday, December 02 2020 Dec 2, 2020 December 02, 2020 8:01 AM December 02, 2020 in News - Local
By: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is investigating a secret scheme to lobby White House officials for a pardon as well as a related plot to offer a hefty political contribution in exchange for clemency.

That's according to a court document unsealed Tuesday.

Most of the information in the 18-page court order is redacted, including the identity of the people whom prosecutors are investigating and whom the proposed pardon might be intended for.

But the document from August does reveal that people are suspected of having acted to secretly lobby White House officials to secure a pardon and that, in a related scheme, a political contribution was floated in exchange for a pardon.

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