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Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, center, is questioned by reporters upon arrival for his corruption trial at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2017. South Korea's president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Shin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well, extending South Korea’s history of leniency toward convicted business tycoons and major white-collar crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, center, is questioned by reporters upon arrival for his corruption trial at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2017. South Korea's president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Shin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well, extending South Korea’s history of leniency toward convicted business tycoons and major white-collar crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, center, is questioned by reporters upon arrival for his corruption trial at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2017. South Korea's president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Shin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well, extending South Korea’s history of leniency toward convicted business tycoons and major white-collar crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, center, is questioned by reporters upon arrival for his corruption trial at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2017. South Korea's president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Shin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well, extending South Korea’s history of leniency toward convicted business tycoons and major white-collar crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, center, is questioned by reporters upon arrival for his corruption trial at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2017. South Korea's president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Shin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well, extending South Korea’s history of leniency toward convicted business tycoons and major white-collar crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, center, is questioned by reporters upon arrival for his corruption trial at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2017. South Korea's president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Shin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well, extending South Korea’s history of leniency toward convicted business tycoons and major white-collar crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2019. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12. 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong bows before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP) Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong speaks before leaving the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her government, the justice minister announced Friday. (Kim Ju Sung/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walks out from a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Aug. 13, 2021. South Korea's president will pardon billionaire Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong a year after he was released on parole after serving 18 months in prison over his involvement in a massive corruption scandal that triggered waves of protests and toppled a presidency. The decision by President Yoon Suk Yeol was announced by his justice minister on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, on June 8, 2020. South Korea's president will pardon billionaire Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong a year after he was released on parole after serving 18 months in prison over his involvement in a massive corruption scandal that triggered waves of protests and toppled a presidency. The decision by President Yoon Suk Yeol was announced by his justice minister on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. File)