This scores as List B (Distraction). A-score reaches 23.5 driven by rule_of_law (3.5 - selective pardon pressure undermines equal application), capture (3.0 - personnel_capture mechanism with advocacy groups pressuring executive clemency based on ideology), and corruption (2.0 - politicization of pardon power). Severity multipliers: durability 1.1 (pardon advocacy creates ongoing pressure), precedent 1.2 (normalizes ideology-based clemency requests). Mechanism modifier 1.15 for personnel_capture. B-score reaches 30.8 with high Layer 1 (outrage_bait 7 - abortion politics maximally polarizing, media_friendliness 6 - fits culture war coverage) and Layer 2 (narrative_pivot 7 - shifts from Trump's own legal issues to Biden DOJ 'persecution', mismatch 6 - frames prosecutions as political rather than legal). Intentionality 9/15 for coordinated advocacy timing. Delta: -7.3 favors distraction. While there's legitimate constitutional concern about pardon power politicization, the framing as 'Biden DOJ persecution' and timing as advocacy pressure creates high distraction value around culture war fault lines.