President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, Mark Meadows, and more than 70 other allies involved in efforts to challenge the 2020 election could upend the legal landscape for a handful of lingering state prosecutions tied to the so-called “alternate electors” plot. The broad clemency proclamation, signed Nov. 7 and posted online […]
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President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, Mark Meadows, and more than 70 other allies involved in efforts to challenge the 2020 election could upend the legal landscape for a handful of lingering state prosecutions tied to the so-called “alternate electors” plot.
Thebroadclemencyproclamation,signedNov.7andpostedonlineSundaynightbyPardonAttorney EdMartin,offersa“full,complete,andunconditionalpardon”to“allUnitedStatescitizens”connectedtothe2020fake-electorstrategyorto“effortstoexposevotingfraud.”TheorderdoesnotapplytoTrumphimselfbutcoversmanyofthemostprominentfiguresoncescrutinizedbyformerspecialcounselJackSmithandbyDemocraticprosecutorsin Arizona, Georgia, Mic
