“Trump allies and other lawyers have begun a campaign to petition the West Wing in hopes of securing pardons for those who might receive a sympathetic reception from the president,” ABC News reports. “One idea that has been floated among Trump allies is the possibility of preemptive pardons for members of the Trump family and close allies of the president.” “It’s not clear how this kind of preemptive pardon would work, given that no member of the Trump family has been accused of a federal crime.