Trump is sentenced to prison in absentia as he holes up in a Trump hotel or one of his golf courses abroad, claiming he's on important business. He has to finish the election in exile, wins, has to remain abroad while putting together a transition government while the Democrats try and stop him. Then pardons himself and returns to the US on the first day of his administration.
Georgia is looking likely to indict as early as Monday. If Georgia convicts (and based on the publicized calls, it seems open-and-shut) then neither POTUS nor the Georgia governor have unilateral ability to pardon.
Trump is sentenced to prison in absentia as he holes up in a Trump hotel or one of his golf courses abroad, claiming he's on important business. He has to finish the election in exile, wins, has to remain abroad while putting together a transition government while the Democrats try and stop him. Then pardons himself and returns to the US on the first day of his administration.
Georgia is looking likely to indict as early as Monday. If Georgia convicts (and based on the publicized calls, it seems open-and-shut) then neither POTUS nor the Georgia governor have unilateral ability to pardon.