I think it does somewhat absolve him as he did what he did because he KNEW shenanigans happened. He knew the election was stolen in some capacity or another.I've yet to be persuaded the 2020 election was rigged by vote casting/counting irregularities.
But it's pretty clear now it was rigged by the Zuckerbucks spending to increase votes in key Dim areas, to a degree, if not fatally:
Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘donations’ rigged the 2020 election
The 2020 presidential election was decided by just 42,000 votes in three states. If the 37 electoral votes in Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia had flipped the other way, Biden would not be president right now.www.washingtontimes.com
This doesn't absolve Trump's action b/c he knew nothing of this at the time.
I guess you aren't buying the ballot harvesting and drop box stuffing evidence from Georgia. Or the Ballot harvesting evidence from Wisconsin nursing homes.