Trump issues pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and others involved in 2020 fake elector scheme
Trump pardons members of his 2020 campaign legal team
- Donald Trump has issued pardons for members of his 2020 campaign legal team, including Rudy Giuliani, Kenneth Chesebro, and Sydney Powell.
- 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.