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Trump Pardons 77 Allies Tied to 2020 ‘Fake Electors’ Effort

The broadly worded proclamation posted by the DOJ pardon attorney applies only to federal offenses.

Overview

  • The signed document dated Nov. 7 was posted late Sunday by U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin and lists 77 recipients.
  • Recipients include Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Mark Meadows, Boris Epshteyn and Jeffrey Clark, along with GOP activists who served as alternate electors.
  • The proclamation offers a “full, complete, and unconditional” pardon for conduct related to creating, submitting or advocating alternate slates of electors and for efforts to “expose voting fraud” in 2020.
  • The text specifies that it does not apply to President Trump and, under law, cannot affect state or local cases.
  • State prosecutions and prior pleas in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada remain in place, while the order forecloses future federal cases covering the same conduct.