If they don't believe they committed federal felonies, the worst thing @IvankaTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr & the clan should do is accept a corrupt pardon. You cannot be pardoned for doing nothing. So, every state, every civil case, will ask "What crime did you commit?" If they say.../1

..."nothing" then there is no pardon. (You can't accept a pardon if you believe you have no committed a crime.) If they disclose what it is or take the fifth, the acceptance of the pardon (and refusal to disclose what it is) will be evidence they committed a crime which.../2

...can be used in y cross examination to undermine credibility. And if they say what it is, the confession can be used if there are state crimes implicated.

Second, Trump pardoning himself. Same thing. However, it also escalates probability of conviction in impeachment.../3

...because *in the middle* of impeachment events, before trial begins, Trump is engaging in another abuse of power. And the GOP will be deemed as aiding in a cover up by allowing him to commit crimes (since he pardoned himself) and not be punished.../4

...i dont know if @IvankaTrump and @DonaldJTrumpJr are smart enough - and I *KNOW* that Trump is not - to know that such pardons could be worse than doing nothing. But no one has ever won a bet that underestimated the stupidity of the Trumps.