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Adam Gray—Getty Images by [Callum Sutherland](https://time.com/author/callum-sutherland/) ## Callum Sutherland Reporter Nov 10, 2025 2:13 PM UTC President Donald Trump has ordered “full, complete, and unconditional” pardons for over 70 of his political allies who backed alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin. In a social media post published in the early hours of Monday morning, Martin shared a signed proclamation of the list of names, which contains high-profile figures such as Trump’s former personal lawyer and one-time Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyers Sidney Powell and John Eastman, and more. “Thank you, POTUS, for allowing me, as U.S. Pardon Attorney, to work with the White House, along with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche, and Solicitor General John Sauer to achieve your intent,” Martin wrote, crediting the team who worked on the pardons. “Let their healing begin.” You can see the full list, here: > [](https://twitter.com/EdMartinDOJ/status/1987777635741569239) “This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 presidential election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” reads the pardon signed by Trump on Nov. 7. The pardon applies to those “for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities in, or advocacy for or of any slate of presidential electors… in connection with the 2020 presidential election.” In a statement to TIME on Monday morning, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the pardons: “These great Americans were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy.” **Read More**: [_Rudy Giuliani Once Fought Corruption, Now He Is Embroiled in It_](https://time.com/5714772/what-happened-to-rudy-giuliani/) Giuliani was held in contempt of court in January for failing to cooperate in the handover of $11 million of personal assets to Georgia poll workers he had falsely accused of helping to steal the 2020 presidential election. Giuliani later reached a settlement in the dispute. Trump, meanwhile, said in September that he would be [awarding](https://time.com/7313672/rudy-giuliani-car-crash-new-hampshire-hospital-recovery/) his former lawyer with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, days after Giuliani was injured in a New Hampshire car crash. Trump has repeatedly made false claims that he, not former President Joe Biden, won the 2020 election. [Rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol](https://time.com/5927198/capitol-trump-rioters-photography/) on Jan. 6, 2021, amid the fraught rhetoric. In January, [Trump pardoned](https://time.com/7208978/trump-pardons-jan-6/) almost 1,600 people convicted for their involvement in the Capitol riots, including Proud Boys leader Enrique Torrio, who was serving a 22-year sentence. Former Speaker of the House, [Nancy Pelosi](https://time.com/7331659/nancy-pelosi-political-legacy/), [called](https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-president-trumps-executive-action-january-6th-rioters) the pardon “an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7332454/trump-pardons-political-allies-rudy-giuliani-2020-election-overturn-efforts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7332454/trump-pardons-political-allies-rudy-giuliani-2020-election-overturn-efforts/"},"headline":"Trump Pardons Rudy Giuliani and Others Who Backed Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Says DOJ Official. 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