Presidential Pardons - when would you call it corrupt?

[Benton]

(01-19-2021, 06:05 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: If he were to pardon himself or resign to have Pence pardon him, would the admission of guilt open him up to civil suits ?

According to burdick vs , the scotus says it requires an admission of guilt, or similar verbage. But end of the day, it would be up to (most likely) a jury to decide. And, presumably, trump's lawyers would argue he only did it to protect people from political reprisal. Which would be easy to convince at least one out of twelve considering the current political climate.