You're absolutely right, trading pardons for cash would be completely out of character for the previous administration. Anthony Levandowski's conviction was obviously a miscarriage of justice and its a good thing it was corrected at the very last minute.
Your response shows the effect of the mainstream media which intentionally denied all the positive things Trump and his administration has done to the country.
Bad example? It's the entire point of the original post.
Keep moving those goal post tho. You've already went from it's mean to say that the previous administration was corrupt to every administration is corrupt.