Allies of President Donald Trump are reportedly scrambling to get in touch with him, according to a new report from The Telegraph, begging for pardons as they feel the walls closing in on them and fear new oversight from congressional Democrats. With the Democrats expected to sweep back into power in the midterm…

President Donald Trump recently raised the possibility that he might grant preemptive pardons to his subordinates at some point in the future. “I haven’t thought about it, but certainly I’d be allowed to,” he told reporters on Friday. “The presidential pardons are, they say, the most powerful thing a president has. I…