So SCOTUS 'pardons' her and trump had nothing to do with it?

[Metaphorical]

12. Not going to happen

Roberts is not going to drag the court into the Epstein quagmire, no matter how much Trump wants him to, and even if the SC does get involved, it would only be to remand the case back to the original court to be retried, which Trump most assuredly does NOT want, as it will only draw even MORE public scrutiny to his connections to Epstein.

Keep in mind the real danger to Trump here. The pedophilia is a side show, not because it is not a serious crime in its own right (it is), but because a deeper examination of the facts will increasingly show that Trump was part of the blackmail scheme in the first place, and he benefited directly from that blackmail both for financial gain and for controlling political opponents. Was he the brains behind the operation? No, probably not - that was likely either Epstein or Maxwell (or someone else in their orbit, possibly Russian).

That's one reason I think Trump will either resign for health reasons or will have a sudden health crisis in the next six months. He's no longer really needed - the Heritage Foundation has its dream list, the Tech Bros are dealing with the Tariff fallouts and other chaos coming from the White House, he's arguing publicly with Rupert Murdoch and made an enemy of Elon Musk, and all of a suddentTrump is getting very wary of Boy Wonder JD Vance. This is not a man at the top of his (golf) game, which he is also finding increasingly difficult to play.