Then state charges will be filed in NY. As noted above, Tish James will make her name going after Trump and write her own ticket.Well, I agree, he needs to be charged with something in the first place to be pardoned. Either he won't be charged, or if he is, he'll be pardoned.
He's not getting off scott-free. He will be charged and tried somewhere, at some level. Unlike other presidents, a lot of his crimes were committed before he entered office and have just come to light because of it.