Excuse me. Nixon was pardoned without charges. The January 6th protesters could have been too. Trump screwed up period. He might have thought none of them would do jail time. Forethought not good.
Nixon was a president, and he chose Ford to be his VP, so that Nixon could step down & allow Ford to take over, with the knowledge that Ford was going to pardon him.
Big difference between the two scenarios.
There were other extenuating circumstances as well, but I refuse to discuss them at this point in time.
I don't know if you are asleep or what, but the nation I assume you were born into hangs by a thread. That seems to go right over your head. .