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However, whoever gets tagged is doomed. Albaby will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think a criminal contempt charge is pardonable. So the Felon can't swoop in to rescue that person.

Generally the President has the power to pardon someone for criminal contempt of court:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_parte_Grossman

Folks have tried to argue in various circumstances that a particular contempt conviction should not be subject to the pardon power - here's a discussion of the arguments raised in the Arpaio prosecution, though they didn't get up to a higher court because of a number of procedural issues:

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB...

Civil contempt cannot be pardoned, though - and the court can order the contemnor to be jailed pending compliance. So that's probably the more powerful weapon in the judiciary's arsenal.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/contempt_of_court_...

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