> So two wrongs have made a right in this case?

No, it was right to consider the possibility that Trump would violate the norms here. Letting the President right unaddressed wrongs is the entire reason the pardon power exists.

His own current Chief of Staff has similar concerns, and grand juries seem to be taking the same position; that these are just revenge.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/trump-susie-w...

"Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, told an interviewer that she forged a “loose agreement” with Mr. Trump to stop focusing after three months on punishing antagonists, an effort that evidently did not succeed. While she insisted that Mr. Trump is not constantly thinking about retribution, she said that “when there’s an opportunity, he will go for it.”"