Overview
- A proclamation dated Nov. 7 and posted Nov. 10 by U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin names Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and others.
- The document confers a “total, complete and unconditional” pardon and describes prior prosecutions as a “grave national injustice” intended to be addressed through “national reconciliation.”
- The pardon explicitly excludes President Donald J. Trump and does not reach state or local prosecutions or ongoing civil penalties and professional sanctions.
- Republicans who served as alternate electors, including six in Nevada now facing state forgery charges, are covered only with respect to federal exposure and still face their scheduled state cases.
- The move follows earlier broad clemency for Jan. 6 defendants; the White House framed the beneficiaries as persecuted, though many were charged by state authorities rather than in federal court.