So ...
No pardon
Wasn't paid
I think we have reached idiot status and you still believe he is bright enough to cover his tech tracks?
I'm not there
So you think that Rudy set out on his own with his own ideas at nobody's direction? Seriously?
He followed orders. He did as he was told. If anybody was paid, it was the Ukrainians for giving up information. It's highly likely no money ever changed hands at all.
Again, this was about digging up dirt on the Biden family to influence an election. It's what the now ousted Ukrainians wanted, it's what Russia wanted, it's what Trump wanted.
None of it was ever about money. It was about keeping the presidency. And you don't get to where Rudy has gotten without having at least some brains.
That's why people have been so disappointed over the last 4 years: they've been screaming like you are now about how everybody is stupid, everybody is guilty, why isn't anybody being arrested?
The answer is because they're not nearly as stupid as you think they are. If they were, they would have never made it to where they are and we're not having this conversation.