Conservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.
There’s a world of difference between a pardon issues to prevent malicious prosecution for non-crimew and one issued to people you’ve been instructing to commit crimes
If they do this, I say we should ignore the rule of law and hang them after a mass trial. Frankly, pardons have been used to abuse America’s trust and integrity, not to any good end.