The first half of that escape is unlikely, but possible. Her demise wont' happen
She has the goods to bury him and has made it known to him what she has. She has equally made it known that it all stays secret while she lives, but all goes public if she dies. The pardon is her way out. He hopes that it all dies out before that pardon happens because it is a serious and unexpected thorn in his side right now.
Funny thing to me is that he pushed this conspiracy to maga (especially the Qanon wing of maga) and now they want the list of democrat pedophiles from his bullshit conspiracy theory and are SERIOUSLY pissed that he won't put out the conspiracy theory list that he primed them for, but doesn't actually have.
Epstein didn't have those files to protect him because he was the CEO, she was the one that made his wishes happen, she has those files, she was the central enabler behind his crimes. She has the goods on any and everyone in those videos.