WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani , his onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The “full, complete, and unconditional" pardon for dozens of Trump allies are largely symbolic. It applies only to federal crimes, and none of the people named in the proclamation were ever charged federally over the bid to subvert the election won by Democrat Joe Biden . It doesn't affect state charges, though state prosecutions stemming from the 2020 election have hit a dead end or are just limping along .

The move, however, underscores Trump’s continued efforts to promote the idea that the 2020 election was stolen from him even though courts around the

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