President Donald Trump has issued broad pardons to Rudy Giuliani and dozens of others who backed his attempts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In a proclamation dated Friday, Nov. 7, Trump announced a “full, complete and unconditional pardon” for Giuliani and more than 70 individuals who supported his post-election efforts after he lost to former President Joe Biden. Despite Trump’s continued claims that the 2020 contest was rigged, officials nationwide rejected those allegations at the time, citing no evidence of widespread fraud.
The proclamation was publicly shared on X by Ed Martin, a member of the U.S. Department of Justice, on Monday, Nov. 10.
Martin wrote: “Thank you: @POTUS for allowing me, as U.S. Pardon Attorney, to work with @WhiteHouse, along with @AGPamBondi, @DAGToddBlanche & SG John Sauer, to achieve your intent—let their healing begin. #Federalist74.”
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The proclamation stated: “This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation.”
It continued by granting pardons for conduct tied 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” connected to the 2020 election, as well as actions related to attempts to uncover alleged election vulnerabilities.
Those included in the sweeping list of recipients include attorney Sidney Powell; former Trump campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn; lawyer John Eastman, who advised Trump during and after the election; and Mark Meadows, Trump’s former White House chief of staff.
The proclamation clarified that the pardon “does not apply” to Trump himself.
Trump was indicted in 2023 on election-interference charges, but a January 2025 Justice Department report indicated he would not face consequences after winning the 2024 election.
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A related statement from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “These great Americans were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy. Getting prosecuted for challenging results is something that happens in communist Venezuela, not the United States of America, and President Trump is putting an end to the Biden Regime’s communist tactics once and for all.”
Giuliani — the former New York City mayor and Trump’s onetime lawyer — was disbarred in Washington, D.C. in 2024 for his “unparalleled” attempts to overturn the election, and was also disbarred in New York. In December 2023, a judge ordered him to pay nearly $150 million to two Georgia poll workers whom he had defamed. By October 2024, he had been forced to surrender his Manhattan penthouse and additional assets due to nonpayment.
The new pardon does not affect that ruling. Presidential pardons apply only to federal offenses.
Trump has continued to express strong loyalty to Giuliani. In September 2025, he announced he would award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, writing on Truth Social: “As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country’s highest civilian honor.”
On his first day of his second term, Trump also issued pardons to approximately 1,500 individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
