FILE - John Eastman, a California law professor speaks to reporters after the Supreme Court hearing on Birthright Citizenship outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 for dozens of Trump allies are largely symbolic. It applies only to federal crimes, and none of the people named in the proclamation were ever charged federally over the bid to subvert the election won by Democrat Joe Biden. It doesn’t affect state charges, though state prosecutions stemming from the

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