What about: Pardons are only meant to avoid “the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense or crime committed by someone else, not yourself” ?

Your concerns are valid. While I cannot speak for anyone who has in the past or who might grant a presidential pardon in the future, perhaps calls for impeachment by some on the left side of the political aisle beginning on Jan. 20, 2017, with no specific crime cited… or 3+ years of calls for an investigation that followed DNC operatives planting false information (based on Mueller report conclusions)… perhaps, just maybe, those issues are part of closed door Oval Office discussions. Maybe.

So, the “any and all crimes” portion of presidential pardons worry you. That’s a valid concern. What do you suggest we should do about such language in pardons?