The US equity division is investigating claims that lobbyists have attempted to utilize pay-offs to make sure about an official acquittal, unlocked court papers show.
They state that in August agents started exploring a "mystery campaigning plan" conceivably including endeavors to contact White House authorities.
The redacted filings don't give any names, however the equity office says no administration official is being examined.
In a tweet, President Trump alluded to the examination as "phony news".
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It is basic for active presidents to utilize their entitlement to give pardons, which crash feelings.
President Trump - who is because of leave office in January, in spite of the fact that he is as yet challenging his political race rout in the courts - has utilized the strategy various occasions.
Last week he exculpated his previous public security counselor Michael Flynn, who conceded to deceiving the FBI.
In the interim, US media state Mr Trump has been talking about the chance of exonerating relatives.
The archive delivered by a government court in Washington DC on Tuesday identifies with a solicitation by the Branch of Equity (DOJ) to utilize messages and different correspondences seized in a pay off for-pardon request.
The information, examiners state in the paper, focuses to potential "crime".
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