Trump Just Issued a Shocking New Pardon. It Won't Work as Intended.
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump quietly pardoned 77 people across the country who participated in the fake electors scheme of 2020, the wildly illegal attempt to subvert election results in battleground states that Joe Biden won and instead declare Trump the winner. That scheme did not work, and despite his best efforts to erase Jan. 6, Trump’s latest pardon may not either. Many of the people “pardoned” by Trump are still facing state charges since presidential pardons don’t apply to state crimes.
U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the fake elector pardons on X, sharing photos of the proclamation that was signed by Trump on Nov. 7. It mentions names not heard in a while, like Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, and Kenneth Chesebro, alongside other local Republicans who helped execute the scheme. Curiously, the proclamation is phrased as an “unconditional pardon” for folks connected with the 2020 presidential election, “whether or not recognized by any State or State official.”
Now, at least five states that were subjected to the fake electors scheme still have ongoing criminal cases against folks listed on the president’s pardon list. Many of the cases have been stymied by appeals, and broadly seem to have lost their steam since the ringleader of the entire enterprise went on to become president again and managed to thwart two of his own federal criminal indictments. Nevertheless, many of these states’ attorneys general haven’t outright dropped their cases; in fact, just days after Martin’s announcement, the Nevada Supreme Court revived a criminal case against six fake electors who appeared on the president’s pardon list.
Here is what we know about each of the active criminal cases against the 2020 fake electors and those who orchestrated the plan on Trump’s behalf.
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