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 applies only to federal crimes, and none of the dozens of Trump allies named in the proclamation were ever charged federally over the bid to subvert the election won by Democrat Joe Biden. It doesn’t impact state charges, though state prosecutions stemming from the 2020 election have hit a dead end or are just limping along.

  • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    our govt was the beta for democracy and was primarily structured by the wealthy elite to maintain power for the wealthy elite. We’ve now gone so long without a much needed revolution that we can no longer do so without bloodshed, and I guess material conditions still haven’t deteriorated enough for people to be willing to put their lives on the line for their children’s future.