President Donald Trump has issued a slate of pardons for people accused of interfering in the 2020 election.

“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” Trump said in a document dated Nov. 7, posted to X by U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin.

The proclamation included a list of more than 70 names, but excluded Trump himself. Trump was federally indicted on accusations he tried to overturn the 2020 election results, but the case was dropped in accordance with a longstanding Justice Department policy to not prosecute a sitting president.

Here is what to know about Trump's latest pardons.

Did Trump pardon Rudy Giuliani?

Yes. Giuliani was one of the people listed in the pardon announcement on Nov. 9.

Who is Rudy Giuliani?

Rudy Giuliani was once the mayor of New York City and the chief federal prosecutor in Manhattan. He joined Trump's legal team in 2018 after being considered as a potential candidate for attorney general in the Trump administration. He also represented Trump in trying to overturn the 2020 election on allegations of fraud that were widely refuted.

Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York over misrepresentations of election fraud. He was found liable by a jury for $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election workers, and has been indicted in two state criminal cases related to widespread efforts to overturn the election, where he pleaded not guilty.

How many people has Donald Trump pardoned?

From his inauguration until Oct. 22, Trump granted clemency to 73 individuals, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

The latest pardon announcement was a sweeping order for more than 70 of his allies. On his first day in office, he also granted clemency to about 1,600 charged in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

In Trump's first term, he granted 238 clemency acts, according to Pew Research Center, which also found former President Joe Biden had granted more clemency acts than any other president on record, with 4,245 acts.

Donald Trump pardon list 2025 includes these high-profile cases:

Some of Trump's high-profile pardons in his second term include:

  • Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, the son of a wealthy Republican donor who was convicted of tax evasion for siphoning more than $10.9 million in payroll taxes from the paychecks of doctors and nurses. He had been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
  • Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas City Councilwoman who was convicted of federal charity fraud after misusing donations for a planned police memorial, received a pardon. She had not been sentenced when she was pardoned.
  • Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff convicted of bribery in what prosecutors called a "cash-for-badges scheme,” was also pardoned ahead of a 10-year prison sentence scheduled to start on May 27, 2025.
  • Reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of "Chrisley Knows Best," convicted in 2022 of conspiring to defraud community banks, defraud the IRS and commit tax evasion, were pardoned in May.
  • Former Rep. George Santos had his seven-year prison sentence commuted and was released from jail on Oct. 17. He pleaded guilty to felony wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
  • Trump recently pardoned the Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, convicted of money laundering. The White House said he was prosecuted due to the Biden administration's "war on cryptocurrency."
  • Former baseball star Darryl Strawberry was pardoned for a past conviction on tax evasion, the White House said on Nov. 7.

See the full list on the DOJ website. As of Nov. 10, the list had not been updated since Oct. 22.

What does a pardon mean? About presidential clemency power

A pardon is an expression of forgiveness that eases the consequences of a criminal conviction, according to the DOJ.

A pardon and a commutation of a sentence are both ways for the president to grant leniency to someone who has committed a federal crime. Both are known as clemency. Presidential pardons don't apply to state-level charges.

A pardon often implies that the convicted person has taken responsibility for their actions and is forgiven by the president. It can restore some civil abilities that would otherwise be barred due to the criminal conviction, according to the DOJ.

Contributing: Erin Mansfield, Bart Jansen, Joey Garrison, Jeffrey Meehan, Hannah Phillips, USA TODAY Network

Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at kcrowley@gannett.com. Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @kinseycrowley.bsky.social.

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