US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani and dozens of allies accused of backing the Republicans' efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.

Ed Martin, the government's pardon attorney, posted on social media a signed proclamation of the "full, complete, and unconditional" pardon of 77 people.

The list names Sidney Powell, a lawyer who promoted baseless conspiracy theories about a stolen election, and John Eastman, another lawyer who pushed a plan to keep Trump in power.

The proclamation, posted online late Sunday, explicitly says the pardon does not apply to Trump.

Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is also on the list.

Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies name

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