

No a pardon doesn’t have to do with guilt. Guilt is depicted by a judge/jury or by taking a plea deal. A pardon can occur before charges are even filed, and one cannot be declared guilty until a conviction is made… Which would never come to be.
So legally yes, that’s exactly how it works. If Trump pardons Kushner for using U.S. funds and negotiating on behalf of the U.S. like Kushners lawyer recognized he was the signatory on an account holding $770 million dollars but did not make any decisions without Trump approval.
No charges have yet been brought against him. If said pardon goes through it doesnt mean he actually did anything wrong… it means he won’t have to appear in a federal court and explain where/when he turned over access to those accounts when Trump left office(he likely never did)
But in the U.S. you are innocent until proven guilty, and in such a case… He wasn’t proven guilty.








So I don’t know many companies policies but let’s say you were talking about Apple in the U.S. for an example. If you go to your Apple account, sign in and security and scroll down you’ll find a section where you can add a legacy contact. This is supposed to be how you can grant access to your Apple Account pre-death without having to have the legacy contact present legal documents. Specific information will become accessible to that person as opposed to filing a the legal documents, see here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102431
It is quite common that someone will want to access pictures for a family member whom has died recently for say the funeral. If I’m honest, I think there is. 0% chance you will gain access to someone’s account that quickly after death unless they are made a legacy contact, or you have access to one of their devices, know their passcode/phone number and have access to say their home wifi. (At which point you would be breaking into their account rather than gaining legal access but no one is going to fight it likely).
If you don’t know their passcode, their iPhone/iPad would be rendered useless essentially, as they would have to be wiped to bypass it. But if they have their shit backed up to iCloud, the courts can grant you access to some information.
Yes you will need a death certificate, and such