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A little over a month after leaving power, the President Donald Trump you are already making preparations and have discussed with your advisors whether to grant preventive pardons for his children, his son-in-law and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. This was pointed out by The New York Times newspaper, which indicated that the President has told other people that he is concerned that the Department of Justice during the next government of President Joe Biden may seek retaliation against you when targeting the three oldest of his five children, Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka, as well as the husband of this, Jared Kushner, who serves as a senior adviser to the White House.
The reason why Trump would be concerned about any possible criminal exposure of Eric or Ivanka Trump is unclear, says The New York Times, although a Manhattan district attorney investigation into the Trump Organization has been expanded to include cancellation of taxes for millions of dollars in consulting fees by the company, some of which appear to have been for Ivanka.
On the other hand, Donald Trump Jr. was investigated by the special counsel Robert Mueller over contacts Trump Jr. had with Russians who offered damaging information about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, but was never charged. Meanwhile, Kushner provided false information to federal authorities about his contacts with foreigners for his security clearance, although the President granted him one anyway.
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Giuliani’s possible criminal exposure is also unclearnotes the newspaper, although he was investigated mid-year by federal prosecutors in Manhattan for his business in Ukraine and its role in the removal of the US ambassador there. The plot was at the center of the impeachment against Trump.
This information is known a week after Trump granted the presidential pardon to his former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was charged with lying to the FBI. Since then the American press began to speculate on whether the Head of State would pardon more people.
Added to this is the revelation that the United States Department of Justice is investigating a possible crime related to a bribery scheme in which the conspirators, not identified at the moment, would have offered money to the White House, or a related political committee, in exchange for a presidential pardon.
According to court records released Tuesday in federal court in Washington, after Judge Beryl Howell ordered them to be partially disclosed, a conspirator “I would offer a substantial political contribution in exchange for a presidential pardon or a postponement of sentence.” This is detailed in the documents that the local press has been able to access.
The 20 pages revealed also describe how two unidentified individuals would have pressured White House officials in a “Secret persuasion plan” to obtain pardons, without registering as lobbyists, as required by US law.
However, the documents do not detail when the alleged conspiracy would have taken place temporarily, or any name related or implicated with it, except that the communications between the people who are part of it (at least one lawyer among its members) were seized from an office following a search that occurred sometime before the end of last summer.
As one of those allegedly involved was a lawyer, it has been argued that the information contained in the more than 50 digital media devices, including iPhones, iPads and hard drives that were seized in the raid, would be protected by the attorney-client privileges, although Howell has finally ordered its revision, determining that this principle does not apply.
