Overview
- The signed order, dated November 7 and posted by U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, grants a “total, complete and unconditional” pardon for conduct related to contesting the 2020 results and the organization or support of alternate electors.
- Presidential clemency applies only to federal offenses, and coverage notes that none of the named individuals faced federal charges at the time of the pardon.
- High‑profile recipients include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.
- The list also covers Republican officials who acted as alternate electors in states such as Nevada, where state forgery cases continue and are unaffected by the federal pardons.
- The proclamation explicitly excludes President Trump and frames the action as ending a “grave national injustice,” aligning with his broader pattern of mass clemencies, including earlier pardons for January 6 defendants.