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That would be an interesting scenario, although not terribly likely. He certainly has the power to make that pardon and, at this point, it's not like there would be any real blowback from it. However, I doubt he has any emotional investment in any of it. The only reason he might issue that pardon would be to piss off Chuck and Nancy.

But what would happen? Almost certainly nothing. They're already going to try to impeach him again, so that doesn't change. And if he waits until his last day, there's really nothing they can do.

The only incentive either way would be Trump's legacy. He might see it as a benefit to pardon the rioters because it would remove the resulting cloud of trials likely to take place over the next two years. Or he might see it as a detriment that would tarnish his reputation as a "law and order" president, at which point he'd do nothing.

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