Trump issues pardons for Giuliani, others who attempted to interfere with 2020 election

President Donald Trump granted blanket federal pardons to dozens of political allies accused of working to overturn the electoral process including Rudy Giuliani Justice Department Pardon Attorney Ed Martin posted a signed proclamation on X that granted full complete and unconditional pardons to Giuliani former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and legal allies like attorneys Sidney Powell and John Eastman All helped in specific way with Trump s efforts to interfere with the referendum results Let their healing begin Martin mentioned in the post Related Steve Bannon indicates there s a plan for Trump to get third term Giuliani a close Trump ally throughout his first term in office has faced mounting legal consequences since He was disbarred in September for his role in trying to overturn the referendum and settled a high-profile defamation lawsuit with voting process workers in Georgia earlier this year Republicans who posed as so-called fake electors for Trump in were also pardoned They were charged in state cases for falsely claiming to be electors who would cast electoral votes for Trump regardless of a state s poll results This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people Trump wrote in the pardon message Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Program The pardons are almost entirely symbolic as none of the people pardoned have been accused of federal crimes Still they drew criticism from politicians and commentators from both political parties Democratic Senator Andy Kim D-N J announced Trump s pardons were for his friends He s not fighting for you Kim revealed in a post on X Neoconservative writer Bill Kristol blasted Trump for pardoning allies who helped him try to subvert the electoral contest in a post to social media It s a permission slip no it s an encouragement even an order to allies to be ready to try to subvert the elections in and Kristol wrote Read more about Trump s pardons Trump lets George Santos walk free redefining law and order again Trump says he s allowed to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell From Roger Stone visited Trump in person to thank him for presidential pardon The post Trump issues pardons for Giuliani others who attempted to interfere with electoral process appeared first on Salon com