A Justice Department official says President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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The pardons may be largely symbolic as none of the people listed were convicted of federal crimes, which the presidential pardon covers.

The administration's pardon attorney shared on X a list of more than 70 people, including Donald Trump's former lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who were granted 'full,

According to Justice Department Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, those granted pardons include ex-New York City Mayor Rusy Giuliani; former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; attorneys John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro,

In a statement provided to the New York Times, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said those who were pardoned are “great Americans,” and claimed they had been “put through hell by the Biden administration for challenging an election.”

Sept 17 (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani must pay his former attorneys $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees plus interest for their work defending the former New York mayor in connection with his actions as U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, a judge ...