'No MAGA left behind': Trump pardons Giuliani, Powell, others involved in 2020 alternate electors case



President Donald Trump has announced "full, complete, and unconditional" pardons for those allegedly involved in the effort to arrange an alternate slate of electors and submit certificates of ascertainment indicating that Trump won the 2020 Electoral College vote in critical states.

According to the presidential proclamation shared by U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin early Monday morning in response to an older post stating, "No MAGA left behind," pardons were also granted to individuals who attempted "to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Election."

'President Trump is putting an end to the Biden regime's communist tactics once and for all.'

Martin signaled that Trump, unlike his predecessor, was directly involved in the pardon process, noting that the signatures on the pardons were "wet (not autopen)," meaning they were hand-signed.

Among the dozens of names identified in the non-exhaustive list of those pardoned is Trump lawyer Boris Epshteyn, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell, and John Eastman, a lawyer who advised Trump's 2020 campaign. Trump did not pardon himself.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Blaze News, "These great Americans were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy."

"Getting prosecuted for challenging results is something that happens in communist Venezuela, not the United States of America, and President Trump is putting an end to the Biden regime's communist tactics once and for all," added Leavitt.

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The proclamation notes at the outset that these pardons serve to end "a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation."

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A White House official told Blaze News that "Americans in seven states acted to preserve alternate slates of electors as a result of major issues with the 2020 election. They took action, while exercising their First Amendment rights, that the system was designed to let them do: preserve the right of the American people to seek redress including through our courts and federal and state legislative processes."

The official likened the actions allegedly taken by some of those pardoned to those taken by "the famous 1960 Hawaiian alternate electors for President Kennedy, who were never prosecuted or even questioned."

"The alternate electors were involved in a purely federal constitutional proceeding before Congress. Under long-established law, states have no jurisdiction with respect to any alleged wrongdoing associated with a federal proceeding," added the official.

'I wish the pardon would terminate the lawfare totally.'

Although providing a clean slate and shield where federal charges are concerned, the pardons are largely symbolic, as they are unlikely to help those facing state-level prosecutions — such as those defendants facing charges in Nevada, those embroiled in the so-called "fake electors" case in Arizona's Maricopa County, and those who recently lost their appeal to move their Georgia case to federal court.

Jeff Clark, the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Trump Office of Management and Budget, who is among those pardoned, expressed gratitude to the president but stressed that his legal battle is far from over.

"I wish the pardon would terminate the lawfare totally — and under SCOTUS's venerable Ex Parte Garland decision, it certainly should. But zooming in on the DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel, we expect the leader of that office not to drop his case," wrote Clark.

"I wish I could be declaring this legal nonsense over for good — a pardon should totally and abruptly kill off these federal bar and Georgia-federal attacks on me and many others."

Martin noted in a Monday-morning X post that when he started in his current role, "POTUS encouraged us to look at two categories of Americans especially: First, those who needed and deserved clemency, especially long serving inmates who are ready to be released. Second, he wanted us to look at those people who had been targeted by the Biden administration. The targeted is a huge group of Americans."

The pardon attorney indicated that "one group that jumped up right away" was the "alternate electors and their affiliates who were targeted by Jack Smith and others."

The pardons come just days after Trump approved a pardon for three-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry and months after the president pardoned approximately 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants.

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Trump to award Mayor Giuliani the Medal of Freedom after his brush with death while helping woman



President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The announcement came just hours after Giuliani had a brush with death in Manchester, New Hampshire.

According to New Hampshire State Police, Giuliani and his driver, Theodore Goodman, were traveling southbound Saturday evening on the Interstate 93 when they were flagged down by a woman on the roadside who indicated that she had been involved in a domestic violence incident.

'This was not a targeted attack.'

The 81-year-old former mayor and his driver stopped to provide assistance, called police, then waited with the woman until troopers arrived to investigate.

After speaking with the troopers and disclosing what they witnessed, the mayor and Goodman got back into their rental Ford Bronco and pulled onto the interstate. Police indicated, however, that just moments later, a woman driving a Honda HR-V rammed into the rear of the vehicle "almost directly across from the scene of the reported domestic violence incident on the southbound side."

The driver of the Honda, identified as 19-year-old Lauren Kemp of Concord, is not believed to have any connection to the domestic violence incident. As of Sunday evening, no charges had been filed.

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Fortunately, the troopers who were still at the scene were able to provide immediate first aid.

Goodman and Kemp both sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Michael Ragusa, Giuliani's head of security, indicated in a statement that Giuliani was transported to a nearby trauma center, where he was diagnosed with a fractured spine, multiple lacerations and contusions, and injuries to his left arm and lower leg.

Ragusa noted further that "this was not a targeted attack" and asked "everyone to respect Mayor Giuliani's privacy and recovery, and refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories."

Arthur Aidala, a friend of Giuliani, told the New York Times that the former mayor's spirits were high after leaving the hospital on Monday afternoon.

"I have some healing to do, but I'm otherwise in great shape," said Giuliani, according to Aidala.

"As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announced that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country’s highest civilian honor," Trump noted in a Monday afternoon post on Truth Social.

Giuliani served as New York City mayor from 1994 through 2001. In addition to overseeing a radical drop in crime and implementing policies that helped transform the city for the better, Giuliani stalwartly led his city through the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Trump added, "Details as to time and place to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"

The Medal of Freedom was established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

While it is supposed to be awarded to individuals like Giuliani — those "who have made exceptional contributions to the security or national interests of America, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors" — former President Joe Biden awarded it in his final months in office to a woman who made millions of dollars helping snuff out millions of American lives; to accused sex creep and former Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd; Democrat megadonor George Soros; failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton; and former members of the Jan. 6 committee.

Giuliani has in years past been recognized for his leadership with various honors, including a knighthood from the late Queen Elizabeth II and with Person of the Year for 2001 from Time magazine.

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Hunter Biden is now SUING Rudy Giuliani for violating his privacy rights in laptop scandal



Hunter Biden is back in court.

The president’s son has filed a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani alleging that the lawyer violated his privacy rights by illegally disseminating content from his laptop — which the American public were previously assured was simply Russian disinformation.

The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California states that Rudy Giuliani himself is “primarily responsible for the total annihilation” of Biden’s digital privacy.

The lawsuit also seeks a court order to prevent Giuliani and others from accessing, tampering with, manipulating, or copying Biden’s data and to force them to return the device and the hard drive to Hunter along with any backup files.

Sara Gonzales finds the entire thing rather “fascinating” and jokes that “the genie’s not going back in the bottle on this.”

“The laptop contents were released in, what, October of 2020?” asks Sara. “The Democrats jump and say this is Russian disinformation.”

“Almost three years later now, Hunter Biden himself is suing because it turns out everything was freaking real and exactly what we said it was the entire time,” she says.

Gonzales notes that Hunter now believes he’s entitled to some sort of financial relief because everyone has seen photos of him “not being able to stop touching his genitals.”

BlazeTV contributor Jaco Booyens was on Rudy Giuliani’s show the day his office was raided.

“I was actually on the show and they raided his office,” Booyens says, adding, “America’s mayor texted me and said he begged the FBI to take the hard drives and they left them. They even took his watch.”

Booyens believes that “some stupid prosecutor will run with it” and will go after Giuliani because he’s currently being indicted for investigating potential election tampering.

“This is such a joke, and it’s all for what? It’s all semantics, it’s all optics, I mean this guy belongs behind bars and most likely his father too,” he adds.


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Rudy Giuliani ARRESTED! Is Trump next?!



If you’ve seen the mug shot of Rudy Giuliani floating around the internet, then you likely are aware that the Democrats are stopping at nothing to demonize Trump and anyone associated with him.

The former New York City mayor turned himself in at an Atlanta jail on charges connected to alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Giuliani was indicted along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others for allegedly participating in subverting the will of voters after Joe Biden won the presidency.

However, Giuliani seems to be in high spirits. As he left his apartment building, he addressed reporters, saying, “I’m feeling very, very good about it because I feel like I’m defending the rights of all Americans, as I did so many times as a United States attorney.”

“I’m the same Rudy Giuliani who took down the Mafia — it made New York City the safest city in America,” he added.

He also continues to believe in Donald Trump’s innocence, as well as his own.

“I’m fighting for justice. I have been from the first moment I represented Donald Trump, and it’s a man who has now been proven innocent several times. I don’t know how many times he has to be proven innocent and they have to be proven to be liars.”

Giuliani ended his statement by warning Americans that his are not the only rights that will be destroyed in this process.

“They’re destroying my right to counsel, my right to be a lawyer. They’re destroying his right to counsel. It’s not accidental that they’ve indicted all as lawyers. Never heard of that before in America, all the lawyers indicted. Now, whether you dislike or you like Donald Trump, let me give you a warning: they’re gonna’ come for you.”

“Where is the lie?” Sara Gonzales comments.


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Andrew Giuliani, son of Rudy Giuliani, plans to challenge Cuomo for NY governor



Andrew Giuliani, a former top aide to President Donald Trump and the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, is reportedly "heavily considering" challenging Andrew Cuomo for New York's governorship in 2022.

"I plan to run," the 35-year-old Republican told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday, adding that "outside of anybody named Trump," he thinks he has "the best chance to win and take the state back."

"I think there's an opportunity in 2022 with a wounded Democratic candidate, whether it's going to be Gov. Cuomo, whether it's going to be a radical [New York Attorney General] Letitia James, whether it's going to be a no-name lieutenant governor, I think there's a very, very real chance to win," he suggested.

The current executive head, embattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is expected to run for a fourth term despite mounting criticism for his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and numerous ongoing sexual harassment scandals.

The governor is currently under fire for his implementation of a deadly policy early in the pandemic that forced nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients returning from the hospital, and also for his potential cover-up of the resulting deaths. Moreover, in recent months, Cuomo's political problems have worsened, as multiple women, including current and former state employees, have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct.

Giuliani believes the Democratic governor's cratering approval rating may offer a window for a Republican with a prominent name to snag victory in the deep blue state.

"I believe I can win the race," said the former special assistant to Trump. "I think I'm the right candidate, and this is the right time to help change New York State, and we've got a playbook that works."

"Whoever ends up winning is going to have to implement the Giuliani playbook on public safety, so who better to do that than a Giuliani?" he added.

Giuliani's potential run has reportedly been fueled by encouragement from several big donors and Republican allies.

The Examiner reported that Giuliani hopes to "challenge Cuomo's handling of crime, taxes, education, and the mutiny of New Yorkers from the state."

"New York is going to be one of two states over the last decade to lose population. It just shows how terribly Cuomo has run the state into the ground, and the truth is the assembly in state Senate is to blame as well," he said. "It's a combination of bail reform, increased taxes, and plummeting quality of life. So I think people will have to determine whether I am, you know, Giuliani 2.0 or whether I'm a new thing. I look forward to making my case and letting New Yorkers determine that for themselves."

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