"President Donald Trump issued a "full, complete and unconditional" pardon for anti-LGBTQ+ lawyer John Eastman and others who aided Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential elections. Eastman, who served as chairman of the board for the anti-LGBTQ+ group the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), was never charged with a federal crime for his role in Trump's attempt, but Trump's pardon pre-emptively prevents any future prosecutors from pressing federal charges against his co-conspirators."
"Though the proposed "alternate" electors had no legal authority to claim themselves as 2020 Electoral College voters, Eastman's drafted strategy said that their votes would've allowed Trump to claim he'd won more electoral votes than the actual winner, Joe Biden. This would have left Trump's then-Vice President Mike Pence free to allow the Republican-controlled House chamber to declare Trump as the winner through a majority vote, effectively overturning the will of the over 81 million Americans who voted for Biden."
Donald Trump issued a full, complete and unconditional pardon for John Eastman and numerous allies involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Eastman chaired the National Organization for Marriage and was not federally charged, but the pardon prevents future federal prosecution of co-conspirators. Other pardoned figures include Kenneth Chesebro, Mark Meadows, Boris Epshteyn, Sidney Powell, and dozens who signed false elector paperwork facing state charges. The pardoned effort used proposed alternate electors in seven swing states to claim additional electoral votes. The proposed alternate electors lacked legal authority, and the plan aimed to enable a House vote to declare Trump the winner.
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