President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on November 7, 2025, granting full federal pardons to more than 70 individuals linked to efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results. The action, described in the document as correcting a “grave national injustice,” reached public view on November 10 when U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin posted the signed pages on X.
“No Jumper’s post breaks news of President Trump’s November 10, 2025, pardons for over 70 allies, including Giuliani and Meadows, tied to 2020 election challenges, as verified by Ed Martin’s social media proclamation,”
The account stated in its update.
A tweet from X.
The pardons cover Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and Trump’s personal attorney; Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff from March 2020 to January 2021; legal theorist John Eastman; attorney Sidney Powell; Trump campaign advisors Christina Bobb and Boris Epshteyn; and dozens of Republican “alternate electors” from states including Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Additional recipients include Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, and Tyler Bowyer, bringing the total to at least 77 named individuals.
“These pardons are full, complete and unconditional for actions tied to efforts contesting the 2020 election outcome,” the proclamation reads, framing the grants as a step toward “national reconciliation.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reinforced the administration’s position.
“The recipients are great Americans persecuted by the Biden administration for exercising democratic rights,”
She said in a statement.
The pardons apply only to federal offenses. They do not halt state-level prosecutions, such as Georgia’s ongoing RICO case against Giuliani, Eastman, Meadows, and others, or similar actions in Arizona and Wisconsin. Sidney Powell, who pleaded guilty in the Georgia case in 2023, remains subject to state penalties despite the federal clemency.
Reuters confirmed the details in a report published at 18:01 UTC on November 10, matching the timeline and names in Martin’s post. The Associated Press noted the federal-only scope, emphasizing that “presidential pardons cannot undo state criminal cases”.
The move follows Trump’s January 2025 pardons for 1,500 January 6 participants and aligns with his narrative of political persecution after his 2024 re-election. Legal experts point to the Constitution’s Article II, Section 2, which grants broad pardon authority for federal crimes but excludes state jurisdiction.
Critics, including legal scholar Sarah Longwell, called it
“the most corrupt thing in American history.”
Supporters on X, such as @EricLDaugh, praised it as “vindication for patriots.”
State prosecutors in Georgia and Arizona have signaled intent to proceed. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s office faces no federal barrier to continuing the RICO trial.
This clemency wave shields allies from potential DOJ actions under Trump’s administration while leaving state accountability intact. It sets a precedent for executive power in election-related disputes and may intensify partisan divides ahead of the 2026 midterms. Ongoing state cases will determine the practical limits of federal forgiveness.
