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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine in New York

Trump may have inadvertently issued mass pardon for 2020 voter fraud, experts say

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Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani attend a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York on 11 September 2024. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Donald Trump may have inadvertently pardoned any citizen who committed voter fraud in 2020 when he granted a pardon to Rudy Giuliani and other allies for their efforts to overturn the election, legal experts say.

The pardons of Giuliani and others who participated in the fake elector scheme earlier this month were largely symbolic since the federal government dismissed its criminal cases once Trump was elected. Many of those pardoned have faced criminal charges at the state level.

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