If it's years before a conviction [1], who knows who will be president. But all presidents have given controversial pardons... some with a very strong quid-pro-quo smell (Clinton and Mark Rich).

[1] https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/why-hasnt-sam-bankma...

I mean you do realize he put $69 million into the midterms for Democrats right? Pardons have been had for far less from much more notorious people.