Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and other allies who tried to overturn 2020 election

President Trump granted pardons to Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and dozens of others involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election on November 10, 2025. Giuliani had been ordered to pay $148 million to Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss after a jury found he defamed them with false fraud claims. Meadows had been indicted in Georgia. The pardons covered federal crimes connected to the 2020 election-denial campaign, including acts that contributed to the January 6 insurrection. A former pardon attorney described the pardons as setting an "alarming precedent" — signaling to Trump allies that political crimes committed in service of the president carry no lasting legal consequence.