re: In retrospect, Trump should have pardoned himself, his family and all J6 participants

Yeah but that was a different process, impeachment.

That process was not specifically regarding his alleged behavior in the specific way you're using the term.

The 14A has a separate process for this:

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No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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It does not reference impeachment for this determination. It does reference a special Congressional act to remove the taint, which implies a special Congressional act to create the taint. If impeachment was the process, logic dictates it would have been referred to specifically.