Overview
- Politico reported that DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin released an undated document confirming full federal pardons for several of President Trump’s close advisers tied to efforts to contest the 2020 results.
- Recipients listed include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn, with pardons described as full, unconditional and without reservation.
- The absence of a date on the filing leaves unclear when the pardons were signed, creating questions about timing and sequencing.
- The document also reflects broader clemency that included Republican activists involved in false elector certificates and more than 1,000 participants in the January 6 Capitol attack, though state charges remain outside presidential authority.
- Investigations and prosecutions in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada continue, as the White House rejects claims that Trump slept during a recent Oval Office appearance and the president renews attacks on Joe Biden on Truth Social over Ukraine and Israel.