There is actually, a pardon requires a preexisting conviction and no one is ever convicted of judicial contempt only sanctioned because of it.
Someone is probably going to bring up the Biden preemptive pardons which were actually a smart move. Essentially Trump floated the idea of preemptive pardons so the Biden admin tested the waters first any determination that they are legal or illegal would effect them before any subsequent attempt to pardon or convict someone. They very intelligently blocked Trump admin preemptive pardons in doing it.
Contempt is not pardonable. They do the time one way or the other if things work out the way they’re written.
Pardoning contempt at the federal level is a constitutional crisis in and of itself. There’s nothing that explicitly prevents a pardon.
There is actually, a pardon requires a preexisting conviction and no one is ever convicted of judicial contempt only sanctioned because of it.
Someone is probably going to bring up the Biden preemptive pardons which were actually a smart move. Essentially Trump floated the idea of preemptive pardons so the Biden admin tested the waters first any determination that they are legal or illegal would effect them before any subsequent attempt to pardon or convict someone. They very intelligently blocked Trump admin preemptive pardons in doing it.