Trump Pardons Giuliani, Eastman, Bowyer, Others Over 2020 Election Prosecutions

President Donald J. Trump has issued a sweeping pardon order that shields Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Tyler Bowyer, and dozens of other Americans who were prosecuted for their roles in challenging the outcome of the 2020 election. The move represents one of the most expansive acts of executive clemency in modern history and is intended, the president said, to correct what he called a politically motivated era of weaponized lawfare.

“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 presidential election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” President Trump stated in the order.

The proclamation grants “a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any state or state official in connection with the 2020 presidential election, as well as for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 presidential election.”

Named individuals include Giuliani, Trump’s former personal attorney and the former New York City mayor; constitutional law attorney John Eastman; and Turning Point USA senior leader Tyler Bowyer. In total, more than 70 people were listed, including Christina Bobb, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, Burt Jones, Mike Roman, and others who were targeted by prosecutors in multiple states.

Bowyer wrote on X that he was “very grateful” for the president’s support and for those who assisted throughout the ordeal. He said the prosecutions were politically aimed at sidelining conservative organizers: “We were targeted to sideline many of us politically. It has nearly bankrupted and caused severe trauma to many good people on this list— this is why it is important to get to the bottom of what was carried out against good faith and active citizens who took to the courts to ask questions about the 2020 election.”

The proclamation makes clear that the pardon does not apply to Trump himself, stating: “This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.”

This preserves the president’s ability to continue fighting ongoing cases personally—while shielding individuals who acted with his campaign, legal team, and grassroots election integrity groups.

The immediate political impact was felt in Arizona, where Attorney General Kris Mayes has pursued indictments against alternative electors from 2020. After the state’s Supreme Court refused to intervene in her efforts to keep the case alive, Mayes appeared to be facing increasing pressure to drop the prosecution—particularly now that many of the defendants have been pardoned by President Trump.

Mayes did not confirm whether she will dismiss the case, but time is running short. Under the court’s ruling, if she does not choose to move forward by November 21, the case will be thrown out entirely.

“The one thing I do know for sure … is that I am so proud of the prosecutors and investigators in the Attorney General’s office, and I’m proud of the work we did on that case,” she told 12 News.

The president’s pardon order signals a broader shift in national political momentum: a formal repudiation of the post-2020 criminalization of election-related activism—and a direct challenge to state and federal prosecutors who pursued those cases.

The 2020 election was not stolen. President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. States certified the results, Congress accepted the results, and Biden was inaugurated in January 2021.