the "pardons" are completely null and void and carry no legal power what so ever. you can only be pardoned for a conviction. not an accusation.
its just posturing to make trump look bad when the DOJ charges them anyway so they can say the trump admin is going by their own laws. its all bullshit.
>A pardon is a governmental decision to absolve an individual for a CRIMINAL CONVICTION, often times freeing him from all or part of the punishment imposed at sentencing. Pardons are typically granted by the President, or by individual state governors, usually to absolve individuals, but may be granted, in certain circumstances, for groups of people. Federal pardons are granted by the President of the United States, and each state’s law dictates with whom the power to grant state pardons lies. To explore this concept, consider the following pardon definition.
https://legaldictionary.net/pardon/