Trump Pardons Giuliani, Others Who Pushed to Overturn 2020 Election

President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and others accused of supporting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official said, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies named have been charged in federal cases over the 2020 election. (Photo: Gage Skidmore Flickr) 

Ed Martin, the government’s pardon attorney, posted on social media a signed proclamation granting a “full, complete, and unconditional” pardon that also named Sidney Powell, an attorney who promoted baseless conspiracy theories about a stolen election, and John Eastman, another lawyer who drafted plans to keep Trump in power.

The proclamation posted online explicitly stated that the pardon does not apply to Trump himself, The Dallas Morning News also reported.

Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies named have been charged in federal cases over the 2020 election.

The move underscores Trump’s ongoing efforts to promote the false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen from him, even though courts nationwide and U.S. officials found no evidence of fraud that could have altered the outcome. Trump lost all 61 cases filed to overturn the election in which Joe Biden defeated him.