Trump is now throwing a tantrum because his presidential pardon authority doesn’t allow him to overturn a state conviction of one of his co-conspirators in their failed attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election.
Since entering office Trump has used the power of the Presidents pardon to pardon everyone from his mob he sent to attack our Nation’s Capital to co-conspirators.
President Donald Trump has pardoned a massive slate of prominent allies who supported plans to subvert the 2020 presidential election.
The Trump pardons are largely symbolic.
Presidential pardons only apply to federal charges, and none of those identified in the proclamation released on social media late Sunday were charged with federal crimes.
Still, they are Trump’s latest move to reward, absolve or protect those who backed his attempt to remain in power after losing the election. The effort culminated in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Among the 77 people receiving “full, complete and unconditional” pardons were former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark, a former DOJ official who attempted to use the powers of the department to overturn election results.
State-level charges are still pending against Giuliani, Meadows and several others on the list, including some of those who helped carry out Trump’s fake electors plot.
As part of the scheme, Republican officials and Trump associates across seven states signed false electoral certificates claiming that Trump won the election in their states.
Currently, state prosecutions related to 2020 subversion schemes are ongoing in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin.
