President Trump late Sunday night issued preemptive pardons to 77 people charged with attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, including his former personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani and attorneys Sidney Powell and John Eastman.
U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin posted on X just before 11 p.m. the entire list of all those granted pardons, each of whom was Mr. Trump’s co-defendants who faced charges related to the 2020 “fake electors” case.
Mr. Martin posted the pardon document on X, saying in a reply to his May 26, 2025, post that stated “No MAGA left behind.”
Other Trump allies who received pardons included former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Trump adviser Christina Bobb and longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn.
Mr. Trump, who signed the pardons Friday, did not pardon himself.
“This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” a line near the end of the pardon document stated.
None of those pardoned were ever charged with federal crimes, but the pardons preclude future federal prosecutions. Former special counsel Jack Smith had identified Mr. Giuliani, Mr. Eastman, Ms. Powell and others as Mr. Trump’s co-conspirators in an election subversion case but never brought charges against them.
Mr. Trump granted a “full, complete and unconditional pardon” to all 77 people “for conduct relating to the advice, creation organization, execution, submission, support, voting activities, participation in or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any state or state official in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election…”
This includes “any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 presidential election.”
Those granted pardons were allegedly involved in a plan to put together alternate slates of electors from swing states won by President Biden, including Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada and Michigan.
The move follows the vast pardons granted by Mr. Trump, on the day of his inauguration this year, of the hundreds of Trump supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” Mr. Trump wrote in the pardon document.
• Kerry Picket can be reached at kpicket@washingtontimes.com.
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