WASHINGTON -โ Former President Donald Trump โissued pardons toโข Rudy Giuliani and othersโค implicatedโข in efforts toโ overturn the 2020 presidential election, his pardon โattorney announced Wednesday.The sweeping action,โค documented in a pardon order dated November 7, aims to addressโข what the document describes as โขa “grave national injustice” following โฃthe โelection and facilitate “national reconciliation.”
The pardons extendโ to individuals named in Georgia indictments alleging attempts to subvert Trump’s 2020 โloss,โข including co-defendants alongside the former president. While the pardons are limited to federal offensesโ and explicitly exclude Trump himself, the move represents a notable intervention in ongoing state-level โlegal battles and underscores โthe former president’s continued focus on the โdisputed electionโค outcome. โThis action arrives โขas Trumpโค faces multiple legal challenges โand as the โขnation approaches the 2024 presidential election.
According to the pardon document, the action is intended to “end to a grave national injustice perpetratedโ againstโ the American people following โthe 2020 presidentialโข election and continues the process โof national reconciliation.” The โpardonsโข represent a total,complete and โขunconditional release from federal prosecution for those named.
Beyond โขthose connected to the 2020โ election challenge, โคTrump โฃalso grantedโ a pardon last week to a retired New York Cityโฃ policeโฃ officer convicted in 2023 of harassing a New Jersey family at the behest ofโฃ the Chinese government. Additionally, former Major League โBaseball star Darryl โStrawberry received a pardon on a โค1995 tax evasion charge.
CNN has reached out โto the โWhite โHouse and theโข pardon attorney’s office for further comment.
