President Donald Trump has granted a wide-ranging pardon to dozens of individuals linked to efforts to dispute the outcome of the 2020 election, according to U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin.
The sweeping clemency includes well-known allies such as Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn, John Eastman, and Mark Meadows, along with 72 others accused of working to challenge the election’s results.
Trump reportedly signed the pardon on Friday, extending protection to all of his co-defendants in the Georgia prosecution that alleged a coordinated scheme to overturn the state’s vote tally.
Four individuals who accepted plea deals in the Georgia case were among those covered by the new measure.
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” the pardon reads.
However, the document is clear about one limitation. “This pardon does not apply to the president of the United States,” it states, leaving Trump himself outside the scope of the clemency order.
