In a political thunderclap reverberating through Washington, President Donald J. Trump has reportedly issued a sweeping pardon to 77 individuals, including his longtime ally Rudy Giuliani and lawyers John Eastman, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro, all accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential election results.
The news broke late Sunday when Ed Martin, Trump’s pardon attorney, shared a document on his personal X account — later reposted officially — showing a presidential proclamation signed Friday. The order grants clemency for “certain offenses related to the 2020 presidential election,” effectively shielding a host of attorneys and advisers ensnared in election interference probes.
A Blanket of Forgiveness That Stretches Nationwide
The document doesn’t stop with the 77 names listed. It extends the pardon to “all United States citizens” involved in any capacity with alternate elector efforts, investigations into voting irregularities, or actions taken to “expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities” tied to the 2020 race.
In the document, Trump declares:
“I, Donald J. Trump, do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate of Presidential electors… in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election.”
However, the proclamation adds one conspicuous exclusion:
“This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.”
Among those named were former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and attorneys Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro. The sweeping wording, legal experts note, appears designed to blanket nearly every figure accused of helping orchestrate alternate elector schemes in battleground states.
