Although I don't know if Scooter is still pursuing an appeal, he was at the time. He wanted to clear his name. Scooter did not apply for a pardon. If President Bush had pardoned him, Scooter's appeal(s) would have ended without his having the opportunity to clear his name. I think time just ran out on all of them.
“Scooter’s appeal(s) would have ended without his having the opportunity to clear his name.”
That makes sense. It’s still a shame that his name was besmirched the way it was, costing him his job and all that money. What’s even more infuriating is that all that of it was unnecessary. Fitzgerald knew day 2 who had talked about the CIA agents. He did not/should not have continued. I wonder who was pulling Fitzgerald’s strings?