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Earlier this month, President Donald Trump quietly pardoned 77 people across the country who participated in the fake electors scheme of 2020 , the wildly illegal attempt to subvert election results in battleground states that Joe Biden won and instead declare Trump the winner. That scheme did not work, and despite his best efforts to erase Jan. 6, Trump’s latest pardon may not either. Many of the people “pardoned” by Trump are still facing state charges since presidential pardons don’t apply to state crimes .

U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the fake elector pardons on X, sharing photos of the proclamation that was signed by Trump on Nov. 7. It ment

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