US President Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon on Friday to key figures allegedly involved in a plan to arrange an alternate slate of electors and “expose voting fraud” during the 2020 election, according to US Pardon Attorney Ed Martin.
The pardon covered high-profile individuals, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn, John Eastman and Mark Meadows, as well as 72 others who were charged in Georgia with a sweeping scheme to overturn election results.
Four of the pardon recipients pleaded guilty in the Georgia case. Lawyers said the pardons shortchanged fraud victims of millions of dollars in restitution, CNN reported.
The pardons also extended to others involved in the “fake elector” scheme and January 6 investigations, such as Mark Meadows.
These individuals were pardoned for their involvement in a scheme to alter elector slates in states that voted against Trump in the 2020 presidential election. The plot to supplant duly elected state electors ultimately contributed to the attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
A notable exclusion from the pardons was Donald J. Trump himself, as indicated in the announcement.
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” the pardon says.
The pardon language explicitly states that it does not apply to Trump himself. “This pardon does not apply to the president of the United States,” according to the pardon.
The pardon covered high-profile individuals, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn, John Eastman and Mark Meadows, as well as 72 others who were charged in Georgia with a sweeping scheme to overturn election results.
Four of the pardon recipients pleaded guilty in the Georgia case. Lawyers said the pardons shortchanged fraud victims of millions of dollars in restitution, CNN reported.
The pardons also extended to others involved in the “fake elector” scheme and January 6 investigations, such as Mark Meadows.
These individuals were pardoned for their involvement in a scheme to alter elector slates in states that voted against Trump in the 2020 presidential election. The plot to supplant duly elected state electors ultimately contributed to the attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
A notable exclusion from the pardons was Donald J. Trump himself, as indicated in the announcement.
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” the pardon says.
The pardon language explicitly states that it does not apply to Trump himself. “This pardon does not apply to the president of the United States,” according to the pardon.
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