PARDON: Biden’s own DOJ argued on 12/11/24 in a filing regarding a J6 defendant that, “The defendant would first have to accept the pardon, which necessitates a confession of guilt. See Burdick v. United States“.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.247201/gov.uscourts.dcd.247201.76.0.pdf