Btw, just so non Americans know, the fact that the Burdick rule mandates that acceptance of a pardon be deemed a "confession" of guilt was the position of the Biden justice Department.
Because the socialist screechers will spittlefroth link LINK LINK, here ya go
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.24
Here is the applicable language:
"And, even if the defendant were to receive a pardon at some unspecified date in the future—which is purely speculative at this juncture—that pardon would not unring the bell of conviction. In fact, quite the opposite. The defendant would first have to accept the pardon, which necessitates a confession of guilt. See Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79, 94, (1915) (“[A pardon] carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it.”). And a pardon “does not erase a judgement of conviction, or its underlying legal and factual findings.” See United States v. Crowell, 374 F.3d 790, 704 (9th Cir. 2004); see also In re North, 62 F.3d 1434, 1437 (D.C. Cir. 1994) (noting that “a pardon does not blot out guilt or expunge a judgment of conviction”); United States v. Noonan, 906 F.2d 952, 955 (3d Cir. 1990) (“The power to pardon is an executive prerogative of mercy, not of judicial recordkeeping.”). "
Again, this is the position of the Biden justice Department. Accordingly, Schiff, Cheney, Fauci et al are all confessed criminals.