WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pardoned former personal lawyer Rudy Giulianihis former chief of staff mark meadows Justice Department officials say there are other people accused of aiding Republican efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Ed Martin, the government’s pardon attorney, posted a signed pardon declaration on social media that said it was “complete, complete, and unconditional,” and also named the conservative lawyer. sidney powell and john eastman. The statement, posted online late Sunday, specified that the pardon does not apply to President Trump.
Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of Trump’s allies have been indicted in federal cases. But the move underscores Trump’s continued efforts to rewrite history of the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
The White House did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Monday.
Republicans who acted as such were also pardoned. fake elector In 2020, he was charged in a state case with filing false certifications confirming he was a legitimate elector, even though Biden won the election over Trump.
The declaration described efforts to prosecute those involved in planning the 2020 election for “gross national injustice committed against the American people” and said the pardons were designed to continue “the process of national reconciliation.”
