If Matt Gaetz is innocent, then why was he seeking a preemptive pardon when Trump was in office?

Accepting a pardon is admitting guilt.
                                   
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gaetz-investigation-sex-allegations-sought-blanket-pardon-trump/story?id=76911923

rustbucket2021-04-07T18:12:03Z

It looks like it is turning political one side determining who is a child molester to get in front of people calling each other child molesters.

Cheeses Priced2021-04-07T18:08:16Z

I dont like Gaetz... at all, but even someone whose view of him is positive must admit that his story and how he comes across in presenting it is very fishy 

?2021-04-07T18:04:25Z

not innocent and trying to cha.