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Article snippet: Sen. news reports that Trump has spoken with his top advisers about the possibility of issuing pardons. "Russia's interference in the 2016 elections was an attack on our democracy. Both the Senate Intelligence Committee and Special Counsel Mueller are currently investigating whether any coordination occurred between Russia and individuals associated with the Trump campaign," Warner said. "The possibility that the President is considering pardons at this early stage in these ongoing investigations is extremely disturbing," he added. "Pardoning any individuals who may have been involved would be crossing a fundamental line." Warner's statement linked to a Washington Post report that claimed, among other things, that President Trump has asked advisers "about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe." According to a "close adviser" to President Trump, these conversations are less about his eagerness to use the pardoning authority and more about Trump's curiosity about how it works. “This is not in the context of, ‘I can’t wait to pardon myself,’” the adviser told the Washington Post. In an interview Sunday with CBS' "Face the Nation," Warner said that emails revealing Link to the full article to read more