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Compared to a member of US Congress, or the senior executive branch, or the CEO class, they’re still nobody and the “little guy”.

Not that it’s defensible behavior.

Is he important enough to get a presidential pardon? That's how you know whether he's a "little guy".

To be fair, that bar is quite a bit lower these days, but still..

What's the going rate for pardons these days?

During the first Trump term, Giuliani said that the cost was $2,000,000 per pardon. Many went through him.