Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others involved in bid to overturn 2020 election

President Donald Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and scores of others accused of involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Trump's pardon attorney said late Sunday

President Donald Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and scores of others accused of involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Trump's pardon attorney said late Sunday.

Ed Martin posted a proclamation on X, which says Giuliani and scores of others will be pardoned for alleged activities linked to the 2020 election. Martin was replying to his own X message from May in which he said "No MAGA left behind."

Trump has yet to comment publicly. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the people listed on the proclamation “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.”

The list of 77 people also includes other high-profile Trump allies including attorneys Sidney Powell, John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, and Trump's chief of staff in 2020, Mark Meadows. The pardon is written in broad language that exonerates "all" citizens accused of election interference.

The pardons are largely symbolic as none of the people listed were convicted of federal crimes, which the presidential pardon covers.