As the Trump administration heads toward its final days, the president and his advisors

have been considering how exactly to use one of the most powerful tools at his disposal.

The presidential pardon.

President Trump has used this power controversially before he commuted the sentence of his friend

and ally Roger Stone back in July.

The president gave his friend political adviser and convicted felon Roger Stone.

Just last week he pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had pleaded

guilty to lying to the FBI.

The president's clemency was anticipated but still striking, as he long complained that Flynn

had been mistreated by the Justice Department.

Now he's reportedly considering something different, potential preemptive

pardons for his adult children and for his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

And dating back to 2018, Trump has even suggested it's within his power to pardon himself.

So we were looking to uncover more information about the bounds or lack thereof of the

presidential pardon power when some news broke.

Breaking news, we have brand new court records which have just got them into our newsroom,

revealing a DOJ investigation into an alleged crime relating to bribery in exchange for a quote

presidential pardon.

I repeat, the Justice Department has been conducting what has been until today a sealed and secret

investigation of a attempted bribery scheme for a presidential pardon.

This is obviously big news.

On Tuesday, court records were unsealed, showing the Justice Department in August investigated

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