S Justice Department is investigating the potential funneling of money into the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to documents unsealed in federal court.

根據聯邦法院解封的文件，S司法部正在調查可能向白宮輸送資金以換取總統赦免的情況。

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S District Judge Barrel Howell on Tuesday released a heavily redacted order that described what she called a bribery for pardon investigation.

S區法官巴雷爾-豪厄爾週二發佈了一份經過嚴重刪節的命令，描述了她所謂的賄賂赦免調查。

Federal prosecutors in Washington said they had obtained evidence of the scheme in which someone would offer a substantial political contribution in exchange for a presidential pardon.

華盛頓的聯邦檢察官說，他們已經獲得了有人會提供大量政治捐款以換取總統赦免的計劃的證據。

About half of the 18 page document was blacked out, with the publicly available version providing few details of the alleged scheme and naming none of the people potentially involved.

這份18頁的文件約有一半被塗黑，公開的版本幾乎沒有提供所謂計劃的細節，也沒有點名可能參與的人。

In August, Howell granted a Justice Department request to view emails between a lawyer and clients, saying attorney client privilege did not apply but did not identify who was involved.

8月，Howell準許了司法部查看律師與客戶之間電子郵件的請求，稱律師客戶特權並不適用，但沒有說明涉及誰。

Government investigators said they had seized over 50 digital media devices, iPhones, IPADS, laptops and memory drives.

政府調查人員說，他們查獲了50多部數字媒體設備、iPhone、IPADS、筆記本電腦和內存驅動器。

A Justice Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but a department official said Tuesday that no U.

司法部發言人沒有立即迴應評論請求，但該部門的一位官員週二表示，沒有美國。

S government official is the subject or target of the investigation.

S政府官員是調查的對象或目標。

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S Constitution grants presidents leeway to pardon people convicted of federal crimes.

南部憲法賦予總統赦免被判犯有聯邦罪行的人的餘地。

Last week, President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

上週，唐納德-特朗普總統赦免了他的前國家安全顧問邁克爾-弗林。

That was the first of what is expected to be a string of pardons in Trump's final weeks in the White House.

這是預計特朗普在白宮最後幾周內一連串特赦中的第一個。