BREAKING NEWS: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating a potentially criminal scheme involving paying a bribe to people either in or affiliated with the White House in exchange for an unknown person receiving a presidential pardon, according to court documents +++ The court records say the DOJ investigation involves two people, whose names are redacted, who were improperly acting as lobbyists to secure the pardon for a person whose name is also redacted +++ The plot involved the person offering “a substantial political contribution in exchange for a presidential pardon or reprieve of sentence” +++