Trump’s 2020 Election Pardon: All 77 People Named

Anthony T. Kern

Former Arizona Republican state senator who signed the 2020 false-elector certificate

Anthony Kern was one of 11 Arizona Republicans who signed a document sent to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. An Arizona grand jury indicted him on state charges in April 2024, while he was a state senator and congressional candidate; AP also reported he was photographed in restricted areas outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. He was never federally charged. Trump included him in a November 2025 proclamation pardoning 77 people tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which States Newsroom reported is symbolic and does not stop state prosecutions. In June 2026 Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes dismissed the state case but vowed to seek a new indictment, AP reported.

The case

Charged by Arizona over the 2020 false-elector certificate; never federally charged

Ties to Trump

Signed the false Trump elector certificate in Arizona in 2020 (AP).

Response

Most of the Arizona defendants pleaded not guilty; some said they signed in case Trump won court challenges (AP). The federal pardon carries no effect on state charges (States Newsroom).

Since then

June 2026: Arizona prosecutors dismissed the fake-elector case and said they would seek a new grand jury indictment (AP).

Note: Kern was charged by Arizona but never charged federally; the federal pardon does not affect the state case.

Boris Epshteyn

Longtime Trump adviser and lawyer, charged in Arizona over the 2020 fake-elector plan

Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump adviser and lawyer, was among 77 people named in Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation pardoning conduct tied to the 2020 elector slates. He was never charged federally. CNN described him as a Trump campaign lawyer who prosecutors alleged helped organize the scheme. In Arizona he pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges; prosecutors accused him of assisting Rudy Giuliani in the plan to submit false electors, PBS/AP reported. The pardon does not reach state charges. In June 2026, Arizona’s attorney general dismissed that case but said she would seek a new indictment (PBS/AP). An August 2026 staff report by House Judiciary Committee Democrats revisited 2024 allegations that he sought payments from people seeking administration posts, which Epshteyn denied, calling them “false and defamatory.”

The case

Accused in Arizona of helping organize false Trump electors; never federally charged

Ties to Trump

CNN described Epshteyn as a Trump campaign lawyer in 2020 who later served as one of Trump's personal lawyers at his 2024 New York criminal trial; House Judiciary Democrats called him a close Trump adviser.

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the proclamation on X, CNN reported.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those pardoned were "great Americans" who were "persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election," CNN reported. House Judiciary Committee Democrats, in an August 2026 staff report, wrote that Epshteyn "became a customer of the clemency system" when he was pardoned (the members' characterization).

Since then

June 18, 2026: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes dismissed the state fake-elector case after losing an appeal, vowing to seek a new indictment (PBS/AP).

Burt Jones

Georgia's lieutenant governor, who signed the state's 2020 Trump elector certificate

Burt Jones, a Republican who became Georgia’s lieutenant governor, was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who in 2020 signed a certificate saying Trump had won the state and declaring themselves its “duly elected and qualified” electors, PBS/AP reported. He was never charged with a crime: before the 2023 Fulton County indictment, a judge barred District Attorney Fani Willis from seeking charges against him. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation still named him among 77 people pardoned for conduct tied to the 2020 elector slates; the White House called those pardoned “great Americans” who had been “persecuted” (CNN). Jones ran in Georgia’s May 19, 2026, Republican primary for governor (PBS/AP). By October 2026, NPR reported that Republican Rick Jackson was facing Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in the governor’s race.

Offense of record

Signed a 2020 Trump elector certificate in Georgia; never charged

Ties to Trump

Jones was a Georgia state senator in 2020 and later lieutenant governor; PBS/AP reported he also sought a special legislative session to overturn Biden's win in Georgia.

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the proclamation on X, CNN reported.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those pardoned were "great Americans" who were "persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election," CNN reported. No public statement from Jones about the pardon was found.

Since then

May 19, 2026: Ran in the Republican primary for Georgia governor (PBS/AP). By October 2026, NPR reported that Rick Jackson was the Republican nominee.

Note: Jones was never charged; the pardon covered conduct for which he faced no prosecution.

Christina Bobb

Lawyer who worked with Rudy Giuliani after the 2020 election, charged in Arizona's elector case

Christina Bobb is a lawyer who worked with Rudy Giuliani on Trump’s effort to challenge the 2020 election. In April 2024 an Arizona grand jury indicted her and 17 others over the state’s slate of false Trump electors; the AP identified her from the indictment’s description, PBS/AP reported. She was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation named her among 77 people pardoned for conduct related to the 2020 elector slates; States Newsroom described her as a former personal lawyer for Trump. Presidential pardons do not reach state charges, CNN noted. In June 2026 Arizona’s attorney general dismissed the case after losing an appeal over grand jury instructions, while vowing to seek a new indictment (PBS/AP).

The case

Accused in Arizona of aiding the false-elector plan; never federally charged

Ties to Trump

States Newsroom described Bobb as a former personal lawyer for Trump; the AP said she worked with Giuliani.

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the proclamation on X, CNN reported.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those pardoned were "great Americans" who were "persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election," CNN reported. No public statement from Bobb about the pardon was found.

Since then

June 18, 2026: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes dismissed the state fake-elector case, vowing to bring it back to a grand jury (PBS/AP).

David Shafer

Former Georgia Republican Party chair and one of the state's 2020 Trump electors

David Shafer was chair of the Georgia Republican Party after the 2020 election, PBS reported, and one of 16 Georgia Republicans who cast Electoral College votes for Trump despite Biden’s win. Fulton County prosecutors charged him in the 2023 racketeering case with offenses including impersonating a public officer and forgery. He pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer argued the group were “contingent” electors in case a court overturned the results, PBS/AP reported. He was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation named him among 77 people pardoned (States Newsroom), though a presidential pardon does not cover state charges. On Nov. 26, 2025, a judge dismissed the Georgia case after the new prosecutor, Pete Skandalakis, said he would not pursue it, PBS/AP reported.

The case

Charged in Georgia over the 2020 Trump elector certificate; case dismissed

Ties to Trump

Shafer chaired the Georgia Republican Party during the 2020 election challenge (PBS).

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found.

Response

Shafer's lawyer, Craig Gillen, argued in 2023 that "by federal law, these people were not fake, sham or impersonators." In dismissing the case, special prosecutor Pete Skandalakis wrote that the alleged conduct "was conceived in Washington, D.C., not the State of Georgia" (PBS/AP).

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed the Georgia election case in its entirety (PBS/AP).

Harrison Floyd

Former Black Voices for Trump leader charged in Georgia's 2020 election case

Harrison Floyd, a former leader of the group Black Voices for Trump, was one of 18 people charged with Trump in Fulton County’s 2023 racketeering case. His charges related to a Jan. 4, 2021, conversation in which election worker Ruby Freeman, who had been falsely accused of fraud, was told she “needed protection” and was pressured to lie, according to the indictment, PBS/AP reported. Floyd was the only defendant jailed after surrendering, and prosecutors later sought to revoke his bond; his lawyers called the allegations “without merit.” He was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation pardoned him; it also covered conduct relating to “efforts to expose voting fraud,” NBC News reported. On Nov. 26, 2025, a judge dismissed the Georgia case after the new prosecutor declined to pursue it (PBS/AP).

The case

Charged in Georgia with pressuring an election worker; case dismissed

Ties to Trump

The AP described Floyd as a leader of the organization Black Voices for Trump.

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found.

Response

In 2023 Floyd's lawyers said he "neither threatened or intimidated anyone" (PBS/AP). White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those pardoned "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election" (NBC News).

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: The Georgia case against Floyd and the other remaining defendants was dismissed (PBS/AP).

Jake Hoffman

Arizona Republican state senator who signed the 2020 Trump elector certificate

Jake Hoffman, a Republican Arizona state senator, was one of 11 Republicans who signed a December 2020 certificate falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona. An Arizona grand jury indicted them in April 2024 on nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery. Hoffman said he was “innocent of any crime” and called the case “naked political persecution,” PBS/AP reported. He was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation named him among 77 people pardoned (States Newsroom), but state charges against many of the electors remained pending, CNN noted, because pardons apply only to federal crimes. In June 2026 Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes dismissed the case after losing an appeal over grand jury instructions, while vowing to seek a new indictment, PBS/AP reported.

The case

Charged in Arizona over the false 2020 elector certificate; never federally charged

Ties to Trump

Sitting Arizona state senator when indicted (PBS/AP).

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found.

Response

In 2024 Hoffman said: "I am innocent of any crime, I will vigorously defend myself" and accused Attorney General Mayes of weaponizing her office (PBS/AP). White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt praised those pardoned as "great Americans" (CNN).

Since then

June 18, 2026: Arizona prosecutors dismissed the fake-elector case and said they would seek a new indictment (PBS/AP).

James DeGraffenreid

Nevada Republican Party official and 2020 Trump elector

James “Jim” DeGraffenreid, a Nevada Republican national committeeman, was one of six Nevada Republicans indicted in December 2023 over a 2020 certificate falsely declaring Trump the winner of the state, the Nevada Independent reported. Nevada’s attorney general charged the group with forgery-related offenses; they pleaded not guilty and argued the certificate was “political theater.” He was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation named him among 77 people pardoned (States Newsroom), though a presidential pardon does not cover state charges. In August 2026 a Nevada judge dismissed the case, finding a lack of evidence that the electors intended to deceive government officials and that the state had failed to give the grand jury exculpatory evidence, PBS/AP reported.

The case

Charged in Nevada over a false 2020 elector certificate; case dismissed

Ties to Trump

A Nevada Republican Party national committeeman when indicted (Nevada Independent).

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found.

Response

The Nevada defendants argued that signing the certificate was "political theater" meant to publicize their concerns about the election, not an attempt to deceive (PBS/AP). No public statement from DeGraffenreid about the pardon was found.

Since then

Aug. 13, 2026: A Nevada judge dismissed the state case against the six Republican electors (PBS/AP).

James Troupis

Former Wisconsin judge who was a Trump campaign lawyer after the 2020 election

Jim Troupis, a lawyer who once served a year as a Dane County judge, worked on Trump’s 2020 campaign in Wisconsin. In June 2024 Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul charged him, Kenneth Chesebro and Trump aide Mike Roman with felony forgery, alleging they helped submit paperwork falsely saying Trump had won the state, PBS/AP reported. Prosecutors contend the three misled the 10 Republican electors about how their certificate would be used; the defendants say no crime occurred. He was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation named him (States Newsroom), but it does not cover state charges. In December 2025, now facing 11 felony counts, Troupis tried unsuccessfully to remove the judge, alleging bias (PBS/AP). In August 2026 the AP described the Wisconsin case as ongoing (PBS/AP).

The case

Charged in Wisconsin with forgery over 2020 elector paperwork; case pending

Ties to Trump

The AP described Troupis as a Trump attorney who worked on Trump's 2020 campaign.

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found.

Response

Troupis has argued no crime took place and accused Dane County judges of bias; Judge John Hyland said he presented no evidence and refused to step aside (PBS/AP, December 2025).

Since then

Dec. 15, 2025: Appeared at a preliminary hearing in the Wisconsin forgery case after failing to remove the judge (PBS/AP). As of Aug. 13, 2026, the AP reported the Wisconsin case was ongoing.

Jeffrey Clark

Former Trump Justice Department official who pressed to challenge the 2020 results in Georgia

Jeffrey Clark was acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Division in late 2020. Georgia prosecutors said he twice sought permission to tell Georgia officials the department had “identified significant concerns” about the election, a claim that was untrue, PBS reported. He was charged with Trump in Fulton County and was believed to be an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal case, but was never federally charged. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation pardoned him. Clark, by then a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget, wrote on X that he never asked for a pardon and that it would not immediately end bar and Georgia proceedings against him, CNN reported. The Georgia case was dismissed on Nov. 26, 2025 (PBS/AP). In May 2026 the Justice Department sued to stop D.C. Bar proceedings in which a panel had recommended he lose his law license (PBS/AP).

The case

Charged in Georgia over a draft letter on 2020 election concerns; case dismissed

Ties to Trump

Clark served in Trump's first-term Justice Department and, CNN reported, was a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget when pardoned.

Who pushed for it

Clark said he never asked for a pardon and that Trump called him to tell him about it (CNN).

Response

Clark wrote on X: "I wish I could be declaring this legal nonsense over for good — a pardon should totally and abruptly kill off these federal bar and Georgia-federal attacks on me and many others" (CNN). He applauded the Justice Department's 2026 lawsuit against the D.C. Bar as "an important step to vindicate the separation of powers" (PBS/AP).

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed (PBS/AP). May 2026: The Justice Department sued the D.C. Bar's disciplinary authorities to end proceedings in which a panel had recommended Clark's disbarment (PBS/AP).

Jenna Ellis

Trump 2020 campaign lawyer who pleaded guilty in Georgia's election case

Jenna Ellis was a lawyer for Trump’s 2020 campaign and, the AP reported, a leading media voice for its false fraud claims. Charged with Trump in Georgia’s racketeering case, she pleaded guilty in October 2023 to a felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings, received five years’ probation, and told the judge she looked back with “deep remorse,” PBS/AP reported. In August 2024 Arizona dropped its charges against her in exchange for her cooperation (CNN). She was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation named her among those pardoned, CNN reported, noting that presidential pardons apply only to federal charges. Before the pardon, she had said in 2023 that she would not vote for Trump again, citing his “malignant, narcissistic tendency to simply say that he’s never done anything wrong.”

Offense of record

Pleaded guilty in Georgia to aiding false statements about the 2020 election

Ties to Trump

CNN described Ellis as Trump's 2020 campaign lawyer.

Money

Her Georgia state sentence included $5,000 in restitution (PBS/AP); the federal pardon does not affect state sentences.

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the proclamation on X, CNN reported.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those pardoned were "great Americans" who were "persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election," CNN reported. No public statement from Ellis about the pardon was found.

John Eastman

Former law school dean who advised Trump on a plan for Pence to halt certification in 2021

John Eastman, a former dean of Chapman University’s law school, advised Trump after the 2020 election and wrote a memo laying out steps Vice President Mike Pence could take to stop the counting of electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, the AP reported. He was charged in Georgia’s racketeering case and Arizona’s elector case, and was believed to be “co-conspirator 2” in the federal case against Trump, but was never federally charged (PBS). Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation pardoned him. The Georgia case was dropped weeks later, and Arizona dismissed its case in June 2026 while vowing to re-indict (PBS/AP). In April 2026 the California Supreme Court disbarred him, NBC News reported, adding that the House Jan. 6 committee found Eastman had asked to be put on a list of people Trump would pardon days after the Capitol riot.

The case

Charged in Georgia and Arizona over efforts to overturn the 2020 results

Ties to Trump

The AP described Eastman as a close adviser to Trump after the 2020 election.

Money

The California Supreme Court ordered him to pay $5,000 in sanctions when it disbarred him (NBC News).

Who pushed for it

NBC News reported the House Jan. 6 committee found Eastman asked in January 2021 to be included on a pardon list; he was not pardoned then.

Response

Eastman's lawyer, Randall A. Miller, said he would seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the disbarment, arguing it "raises pivotal constitutional concerns" (NBC News). Sidney Powell called the disbarment "disgusting and so wrong" on X (NBC News).

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed. April 15, 2026: Disbarred by the California Supreme Court (NBC News). June 18, 2026: Arizona dismissed its case, vowing to seek a new indictment (PBS/AP).

Kelli Ward

Former Arizona Republican Party chair and 2020 Trump elector

Kelli Ward, a former Arizona state senator, led the Arizona Republican Party from 2019 until early 2023. Arizona’s 2024 indictment alleged she organized the state’s false Trump electors, urged Vice President Mike Pence to treat them as the true electors, and never withdrew her own vote; she pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges, PBS/AP reported. She was never charged federally. Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation pardoned both Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, who was also accused of acting as a false elector, CNN reported. The pardon does not cover state charges. In June 2026 Arizona’s attorney general dismissed the case while vowing to bring it back to a grand jury; both Republican candidates seeking her office have said they would drop the charges, PBS/AP reported.

The case

Charged in Arizona over the false 2020 elector certificate; never federally charged

Ties to Trump

Arizona Republican Party chair from 2019 until early 2023 (PBS/AP).

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the proclamation on X, CNN reported.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those pardoned were "great Americans" who were "persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election," CNN reported. No public statement from Ward about the pardon was found.

Since then

June 18, 2026: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes dismissed the state case, vowing to seek a new indictment (PBS/AP).

Kenneth Chesebro

Lawyer whose memos laid out the 2020 alternate-elector strategy, prosecutors said

Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who advised Trump’s campaign, wrote memos in December 2020 that prosecutors said gave state-by-state instructions for Trump elector nominees in six states Biden won to meet and cast votes for Trump. Charged in Georgia’s racketeering case, he pleaded guilty in October 2023 to one felony count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents and was sentenced to five years’ probation, PBS reported. CNN called him and John Eastman two of the scheme’s architects. He was never charged federally, and Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation does not reach state charges. In Wisconsin he still faced 11 felony charges alongside Jim Troupis and Mike Roman as of December 2025 (PBS/AP), and in August 2026 the AP described that case as ongoing (PBS/AP).

Offense of record

Pleaded guilty in Georgia to conspiracy to file false documents

Ties to Trump

The AP described Chesebro as an attorney who advised Trump's campaign.

Money

His Georgia state sentence included a $5,000 fine (PBS); the federal pardon does not affect state sentences.

Who pushed for it

No public campaign for this pardon found. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced the proclamation on X, CNN reported.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those pardoned were "great Americans" who were "persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election," CNN reported. No public statement from Chesebro about the pardon was found.

Since then

Dec. 15, 2025: Appeared at a preliminary hearing in the Wisconsin forgery case (PBS/AP). As of Aug. 13, 2026, the AP reported the Wisconsin case was ongoing.

Mark Meadows

Trump's White House chief of staff after the 2020 election, charged in Georgia and Arizona, never federally

Mark Meadows, a former North Carolina congressman, was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff during the push to reverse the 2020 result. He was never charged federally. Georgia prosecutors indicted him with Trump in 2023, and the indictment described him as playing a supporting role, including joining the call in which Trump asked Georgia’s secretary of state to “find 11,780 votes,” PBS NewsHour reported. Arizona also charged him over the state’s fake-elector plan.

He was among 77 people named in Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation pardoning conduct tied to the 2020 election. NBC News called the pardons “largely symbolic” because no one listed had been convicted of a federal crime. A Georgia judge dismissed the case against Trump and his remaining co-defendants weeks later, the AP reported, and in June 2026 Arizona’s attorney general dismissed her case while vowing to seek a new indictment, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in state cases of aiding efforts to overturn Trump's 2020 loss; never convicted

Ties to Trump

Served as Trump's White House chief of staff from March 2020 to January 2021, per CBS News.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported. Meadows has denied wrongdoing in the state cases (AP).

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed in its entirety. June 18, 2026: Arizona attorney general dismissed that case but said she would seek a new indictment (AP).

Note: The pardon covers only possible federal offenses; Meadows was never federally charged.

Meshawn Maddock

Former Michigan Republican Party co-chair charged as one of the state's 2020 Trump electors

Meshawn Maddock, a former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party, was one of 16 Republicans who signed certificates in December 2020 stating they were Michigan’s electors for Donald Trump, though Joe Biden won the state. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged all 16 with eight felonies each in 2023, including forgery, the AP reported.

In September 2025 a judge dismissed the charges against the 15 remaining defendants, a group that included prominent Michigan Republicans, saying she saw no intent to commit fraud: “I believe they were executing their constitutional right to seek redress,” the AP reported. Two months later Trump included the 2020 electors in his Nov. 7, 2025, pardon, which the AP noted applies only to federal crimes; none of those named had been charged federally.

The case

Accused in Michigan of signing false 2020 elector certificates; charges dismissed

Ties to Trump

Former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party, per AP.

Response

Nessel said in 2023 it "would be malfeasance of the greatest magnitude" not to act (AP). White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Sept. 9, 2025: Michigan charges dismissed before the pardon was issued.

Note: Her state charges had already been dismissed when the federal pardon was issued.

Michael McDonald

Nevada Republican Party chair charged as one of the state's six 2020 Trump electors

Michael McDonald, chair of the Nevada Republican Party, was one of six Republicans who signed a certificate declaring Donald Trump the winner of Nevada in 2020 even though Joe Biden carried the state by more than 30,000 votes. Nevada’s attorney general charged them with forgery-related offenses; they pleaded not guilty and argued the certificate was “political theater,” the AP reported.

Trump’s November 2025 pardon covered Nevada’s electors, but CNN noted it reached only federal offenses, while the Nevada case alleged state crimes. Days later the Nevada Supreme Court let the case proceed in Las Vegas. In August 2026 a judge dismissed it, finding a lack of evidence that the electors intended to deceive and that the state had failed to give the grand jury exculpatory evidence, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in Nevada of submitting a false 2020 elector certificate; case dismissed

Ties to Trump

Chair of the Nevada Republican Party, per AP.

Response

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said after the pardons that "the 2020 fake electors cannot evade accountability in Nevada" (CNN). The defendants' attorneys declined to comment on the August 2026 dismissal (AP).

Since then

Nov. 13, 2025: Nevada Supreme Court let the state case proceed in Clark County. Aug. 13, 2026: judge dismissed the Nevada case (AP).

Note: The proclamation lists names only; we identify this Michael McDonald as the Nevada GOP chair because CNN reported the pardon covered Nevada's electors and he was one of them.

Mike Roman

Trump's 2020 director of Election Day operations, charged in Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin

Mike Roman was Donald Trump’s director of Election Day operations in 2020. Wisconsin’s attorney general charged him in 2024 with felony forgery, alleging he delivered the state’s fake-elector paperwork to a congressman’s staffer to pass to Vice President Mike Pence; he had also pleaded not guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges in Georgia, the AP reported. Arizona also charged him, the AP reported. He was never federally charged.

He was named in Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon, which covers only federal offenses. Georgia dropped its charges against him and the other remaining defendants on Nov. 26, 2025, the Boston Globe reported. The Wisconsin case, in which he faces 11 felony counts, was still moving forward at a December 2025 preliminary hearing, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in state cases of helping carry out the fake-elector plan; never convicted

Ties to Trump

Director of Election Day operations for Trump's 2020 campaign, per AP.

Response

We found no public comment from Roman on the pardon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia charges dropped. Dec. 15, 2025: appeared at a preliminary hearing in the Wisconsin case. June 2026: Arizona attorney general dismissed that case, vowing to re-indict (AP). As of August 2026, AP described the Wisconsin case as ongoing.

Note: Still faced state charges in Wisconsin, which a presidential pardon does not cover, as of the latest reporting we found.

Misty Hampton

Former Coffee County, Georgia, elections supervisor charged over a 2021 voting-system breach

Misty Hampton was the elections supervisor in Coffee County, a rural county in south Georgia, after the 2020 election. Court records in a civil suit showed a local Republican official communicating with the then-county elections supervisor about access to the office before and after a January 2021 breach in which a team hired by Trump lawyer Sidney Powell copied voting-system data, CNN reported.

Hampton was charged in the 2023 Fulton County racketeering case, which named “the former director of elections for Coffee County” among lesser-known defendants, PBS NewsHour reported. CNN reported that October that she had been in contact with prosecutors about a possible plea deal. She was never federally charged. Trump named her in the Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon, and the Georgia case was dismissed on Nov. 26, 2025, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in Georgia over unauthorized access to county voting equipment; never convicted

Response

We found no public comment from Hampton on the pardon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed in its entirety.

Note: Charged only in Georgia state court; the case was dismissed without a trial. Coverage we could access describes her specific charges only briefly.

Ray Stallings Smith III

Atlanta lawyer who worked locally for Trump's 2020 campaign, charged in the Georgia case

Ray Stallings Smith III is a Georgia lawyer who worked locally for Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign. Fulton County prosecutors alleged he told Georgia legislators there had been widespread voter fraud, which the indictment suggests he knew was untrue, and urged Trump’s elector nominees to sign a certificate declaring Trump the winner, PBS NewsHour reported. He was the first defendant to plead not guilty.

He was never federally charged. He was named in Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon; CBS News Atlanta reported that Pete Skandalakis, whose prosecutors’ council was then seeking a new prosecutor for the Georgia case, noted the pardons do not affect state charges. A judge dismissed the Georgia case against Smith and the other remaining defendants on Nov. 26, 2025, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in Georgia of spreading false fraud claims and aiding the elector plan; never convicted

Ties to Trump

Local attorney for Trump's 2020 campaign in Georgia, per PBS NewsHour.

Response

We found no public comment from Smith on the pardon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed in its entirety.

Note: Charged only in Georgia state court; the case was dismissed without a trial.

Robert Cheeley

Georgia lawyer charged in the Fulton County 2020 election case, later dismissed

Robert Cheeley is a Georgia lawyer who was among the 18 people indicted with Donald Trump in Fulton County in August 2023 and booked at the county jail, the AP reported. CNN described him as a “pro-Trump lawyer” and reported that he turned down a plea offer from prosecutors; his attorney said, “They made us an offer some time ago and we declined it.”

He was never federally charged. Trump named him in the Nov. 7, 2025, proclamation pardoning conduct tied to the 2020 election, which covers only federal offenses. The Georgia case against him and the other remaining defendants was dismissed on Nov. 26, 2025, after the prosecutor who took it over declined to pursue it, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in Georgia's racketeering case over 2020 election efforts; never convicted

Response

Cheeley's attorney said in 2023 that he had declined a plea offer (CNN). We found no comment from him on the pardon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed in its entirety.

Note: Coverage we could access describes his alleged role only briefly. Charged only in Georgia state court; the case was dismissed without a trial.

Rudolph Giuliani

Former New York City mayor and Trump's personal lawyer who led his 2020 election challenges

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and federal prosecutor, was Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and a leading voice for claims that the 2020 election was stolen. He was an alleged co-conspirator in the federal case against Trump but was never charged federally; prosecutors in Georgia and Arizona charged him, the AP reported. He was disbarred in New York and Washington, D.C., and lost a $148 million defamation case brought by two Georgia election workers.

Trump named him in the Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon. His spokesman, Ted Goodman, said Giuliani “never sought a pardon but is deeply grateful,” CBS News reported. Georgia’s case was later dismissed, and Arizona’s attorney general dropped hers in June 2026 while vowing to seek a new indictment, the AP reported. Giuliani settled with the election workers over his assets and in May 2026 was hospitalized in critical but stable condition, his spokesman said.

The case

Accused in state cases of pushing false fraud claims and fake-elector plans; never convicted

Ties to Trump

Trump's personal lawyer during the 2020 election challenges; Trump said in 2025 he would award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, per AP.

Money

Separately, a jury awarded two Georgia election workers $148 million in a civil defamation case; the pardon does not affect civil judgments.

Who pushed for it

His spokesman said Giuliani never sought a pardon (CBS News).

Response

Goodman said Giuliani "stands by his work following the 2020 presidential election" and deserves to have his law license reinstated (CBS News). White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed. Early 2026: settled the asset dispute with the Georgia election workers. May 2026: hospitalized in critical but stable condition (AP). June 18, 2026: Arizona case dismissed, with the attorney general vowing to re-indict (AP).

Scott Hall

Georgia bail bondsman who pleaded guilty over the 2021 Coffee County election-equipment breach

Scott Hall is a Georgia bail bondsman and Republican poll watcher. Georgia prosecutors said he took part in a January 2021 effort to access and copy voting data and equipment at the Coffee County elections office, PBS NewsHour reported. In a recording obtained by CNN, Hall said he “chartered the jet to go down to Coffee County to have them inspect all of those computers.”

In September 2023 he became the first defendant in the Fulton County case to plead guilty, to five misdemeanor counts of conspiring to interfere with election duties, and was sentenced to five years of probation and a $5,000 fine. He was never federally charged. He was named in Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon, which does not reach state convictions. ABC News later listed him among the four defendants who took plea deals before the case was dismissed in November 2025.

Offense of record

Pleaded guilty in Georgia to conspiring to interfere with election duties (state misdemeanors)

Ties to Trump

PBS reported he is the brother-in-law of David Bossie, Trump's 2016 deputy campaign manager.

Money

His Georgia sentence included a $5,000 fine, per PBS; the state case is not affected by the federal pardon.

Response

Hall did not reply to CNN in 2022; we found no public comment from him on the pardon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: the Georgia case against the remaining defendants was dismissed; his earlier plea was not part of that order.

Note: The pardon covers only possible federal offenses; his guilty plea was in a Georgia state court.

Shawn Still

Georgia state senator who served as secretary of the state's 2020 Trump electors

Shawn Still was finance chair of the Georgia Republican Party in 2020 and served as secretary of the 16 Republicans who signed a certificate casting the state’s electoral votes for Donald Trump, the Guardian reported. He was elected to the state Senate in 2022. Fulton County prosecutors charged him in 2023, alleging the Republican electors “falsely impersonated” electors; his lawyers argued they acted as contingent electors while a court challenge was pending, the AP reported.

Still won a second Senate term in November 2024 with more than 53% of the vote, the Savannah Morning News reported. He was never federally charged. Trump named him in the Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon, which covers only federal offenses, and the Georgia case was dismissed on Nov. 26, 2025, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in Georgia over signing a false 2020 elector certificate; never convicted

Ties to Trump

Republican Georgia state senator since 2023; state GOP finance chair in 2020, per AP.

Response

We found no public comment from Still on the pardon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 5, 2024: re-elected to the Georgia Senate. Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed in its entirety.

Note: Charged only in Georgia state court; the case was dismissed without a trial.

Sidney Powell

Lawyer who promoted stolen-election claims for Trump and pleaded guilty to misdemeanors in Georgia

Sidney Powell joined Donald Trump’s legal team after the 2020 election and filed lawsuits alleging fraud that courts dismissed. In Georgia, she pleaded guilty in October 2023 to six misdemeanor counts of conspiring to intentionally interfere with election duties, receiving six years of probation and a $6,000 fine, the AP reported. Prosecutors said she took part in an unauthorized breach of election equipment in rural Coffee County. She was an alleged unindicted co-conspirator in the federal case against Trump but was never charged federally.

Trump named her in the Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon. NPR noted she was one of four recipients who had pleaded guilty in Georgia; a presidential pardon does not reach state convictions. The Georgia case against the remaining defendants was dismissed later that month, the AP reported.

Offense of record

Pleaded guilty in Georgia to conspiring to interfere with election duties (state misdemeanors)

Ties to Trump

Worked on Trump's post-election legal effort in 2020.

Money

Her 2023 Georgia plea carried a $6,000 fine and $2,700 in restitution, per AP; that state case is not affected by the federal pardon.

Response

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: the Georgia case against the remaining defendants was dismissed; her earlier state plea was not part of that order.

Note: The pardon covers only possible federal offenses; her guilty plea was in a Georgia state court.

Trevian Kutti

Chicago publicist charged in Georgia with pressuring election worker Ruby Freeman in 2021

Trevian Kutti, a Chicago-based publicist who had worked for R. Kelly and Ye, approached Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman in January 2021, when Freeman was already facing threats over false claims that she had counted fake ballots, CNN reported. Body camera footage showed Kutti telling Freeman, “I just know that it will disrupt your freedom,” and a prosecutor wrote that Kutti arranged calls for Freeman “to acquire a false confession.”

Georgia prosecutors charged Kutti in the 2023 racketeering case, accusing her of intimidating an election worker, ABC7 Chicago reported. She was never federally charged. She was named in Trump’s Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon, which covers only federal offenses. A Georgia judge dismissed the state case against her and the other remaining defendants on Nov. 26, 2025, the AP reported.

The case

Accused in Georgia of pressuring an election worker to falsely confess; never convicted

Response

Kutti did not respond to CNN or ABC7 Chicago; after her 2023 booking, a post on her Facebook page said "Freedom is not free. God Bless America," ABC7 reported. We found no comment from her on the pardon.

Since then

Nov. 26, 2025: Georgia case dismissed in its entirety.

Note: Charged only in Georgia state court; the state case was dismissed without a trial.

Tyler Bowyer

Turning Point executive and Arizona RNC member charged as a 2020 Trump elector

Tyler Bowyer, an executive of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA who serves on the Republican National Committee, was one of 11 Arizona Republicans who signed a document in December 2020 falsely declaring that Donald Trump had won the state. An Arizona grand jury indicted them in April 2024 on nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery, the AP reported. He was never federally charged.

Trump named Bowyer in the Nov. 7, 2025, election pardon, which the AP noted applies only to federal crimes. In June 2026 Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes dismissed the state case after losing an appeal over the grand jury’s instructions, but vowed to seek a new indictment, the AP reported. Both Republican candidates for attorney general said they would drop the charges.

The case

Accused in Arizona of signing a false 2020 elector document; never convicted

Ties to Trump

Turning Point USA executive and Republican National Committee member, per AP.

Response

We found no public comment from Bowyer on the pardon. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said those named "were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election, which is the cornerstone of democracy," NBC News and CBS News reported.

Since then

June 18, 2026: Arizona case dismissed; the attorney general said she would seek a new indictment (AP).

Note: Arizona prosecutors said they would try to re-indict; a presidential pardon does not cover state charges.