"Ed Martin, the government's pardon attorney, posted on social media a signed proclamation of the "full, complete, and unconditional" pardon, which also names Sidney Powell, an attorney who promoted baseless conspiracy theories about a stolen election, and John Eastman, another lawyer who pushed a plan to keep Trump in power. The proclamation, posted online late Sunday, explicitly says the pardon does not apply to Trump."
"The proclamation described efforts to prosecute those accused of aiding Trump's efforts to cling to power as "a grave national injustice perpetrated on the American people" and said the pardons were designed to continue "the process of national reconciliation." The White House didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment Monday. Also pardoned were Republicans who acted as fake electors for Trump in 2020 and were charged in state cases of submitting false certificates"
President Donald Trump issued pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark and other allies accused of backing efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The proclamation was posted by the government's pardon attorney and described prosecutions of those accused of aiding Trump as "a grave national injustice perpetrated on the American people," saying the pardons were meant to continue "the process of national reconciliation." Presidential pardons cover federal crimes only; several named were charged in state cases, including fake electors who submitted false certificates. The move follows broad pardons of many Jan. 6 defendants.
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