S. Quentin Quale, pardon her for what? Technically the FBI in two investigations have stated there is no prosecutable actions.
So, was she perhaps careless? Yes. But she committed no crime, so no pardon is warranted.
I do think you're right in that the best thing he can do is just forget about the Clintons and let them fade.
And you're right on in that he's going to have to learn to work with various branches as co-equals, . . . probably the hardest thing he'll have to learn.
RCJ
The decision not to prosecute was "made" by the FBI Director, not the AG. That, by itself, is highly irregular but reinforces for me the belief that the entire July decision was a "fix" and that the AG didn't think she had the credibility to make the decision (particularly after her "accidental" meeting with Slick on this plane). So they had Comey make it as the FBI still has a lot of public "credibility." And if things ever got "sticky" (like with newly discovered evidence) the AG could step in without taking any "heat."
That also means, of course, that a new AG could make a different decision. IMO (as a holder of clearances up to and including Top Secret) a finding of "extreme carelessness" could well be interpreted be be a violation of the clear language of the statute in question. That would certainly have been what happened to me if I had been so careless. So the "jeopardy" of criminal prosecution still exists.
And that goes for her staff as well.
In any event a decision to pardon will dispose of any and all criminal liability and clear the way for a graceful exit into the oblivion of former, unsuccessful, presidential candidates. Given her, and Slick's, love of the "limelight" that might be the most dreadful punishment of all for her. Of course I'm sure her misery will be mitigated by several tens of millions of dollars, so there is that.
SQQ