No, the path to an election win isn’t to appeal to the far right cult and hope that enough of them switch sides. They appealed to people switching sides this election and it failed miserably.
Some ways needs to be found to energise your own base, and find a crisis to run on, real or exaggerated.
There are many other things too of course, but this isn’t an essay. Last thing I’d say is that just because one side embraced lunacy, it doesn’t mean the other side has to
This would be a fun bit of justice porn after seeing Trump get away with everything.
I don’t think you can pardon a civil case?
On the other hand, it might just be the first sign of the naked corruption we can expect to see more of.