President Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and dozens of others who were charged over their efforts to challenge the 2020 election, the New York Post reports.
Trump said the 77 individuals were persecuted by the Biden administration for engaging in legitimate political advocacy after the fiercely disputed presidential race.
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” Trump wrote in the pardoning document.
The federal clemency order does not have any effect on the state-level crimes the 77 people were charged with, but it could shield them from prosecution in the future, the New York Post notes.
The text of the pardon was shared by Trump's "clemency czar," attorney Ed Martin, who declared, "No MAGA left behind."
“This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” Trump's pardon notes.
No MAGA left behind.
— Eagle Ed Martin (@EagleEdMartin) May 26, 2025
Those pardoned were indicted in states like Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan for their roles in coordinating alternate slates of pro-Trump electors, or so-called "fake electors."
15 of the people whom Trump pardoned had charges dismissed in September by a Democratically-appointed judge in Michigan, who found the so-called fake electors "were executing their constitutional right to seek redress."
The so-called "fake electors plot" was central to Jack Smith's federal case against Trump for "election interference," which was dismissed after Trump's triumphant victory in 2024.
While Trump's return to office has seemingly immunized him from prosecution, many of his allies continue to face legal exposure for their election advocacy - although the state-level cases have largely stalled.
In addition to Giuliani, some of the notable people on the pardon list include Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trump election lawyer and constitutional scholar John Eastman, and Trump election lawyer Sidney Powell.
They were among the people, including Trump himself, who had their mugshots taken in Fulton County, Georgia as part of disgraced prosecutor Fani Willis' sprawling case for "election interference."
In addition to criminal charges, Trump allies have also faced legal sanctions including disbarment and hefty civil penalties for their election-related activities.
Giuliani recently reached an undisclosed settlement in a $1.3 billion case from Dominion Voting Systems, after previously settling with a pair of Georgia election workers who won a $148 million judgment against him.
In response to one commenter on X, Trump's pardon czar said the administration is working on helping Tina Peters, a Republican operative in Colorado who was sentenced to nine years in state prison for breaching voting equipment.
