MEMPHIS, Tenn. A Tennessee judge on Monday night blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal. Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal’s decision sides with Democratic state and local officials who sued, contending that Republican Gov. Bill Lee cannot deploy the Tennessee National Guard for civil unrest unless there is rebellion or invasion, and even then, it would require action by state lawmakers. The plaintiffs also said another provision spells out a need for a request from a local government to use the Guard in some scenarios, including a “breakdown of law and order,” they said. The state has said Tennessee law gives the governor “the authority to dispatch the Guard when needed and to determine when that need exists.” In a statement posted on X, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, a plaintiff in the case, said he is pleased with the decision. “The injunction does not take effect immediately, and the state has a chance to seek leave to appeal,” he wrote. “However, this is a positive step toward ensuring the rule of law applies to everyone, including everyday Tennesseans and even the Governor.” Since their arrival on Oct. 10, troops have been patrolling neighborhoods and commercial areas of Memphis, including near the iconic Pyramid in downtown, wearing fatigues and protective vests that say “military police,” with guns in holsters. Officials have said Guard members have no arrest power. The Guard is part of a task force established by an order from Trump. It also involves a slew of other law enforcement agencies whose officers have patrolling the city now for weeks. For years, Memphis has dealt with high violent crime, including assaults, carjackings and homicides. While this year’s statistics show improvement in several categories, including murders, many acknowledge that violence remains a problem. Trump announced in September that the National Guard would be deployed to combat crime in Memphis alongside authorities from a slew of federal agencies as part of the so-called Memphis Safe Task Force. The task force, which includes hundreds of personnel attached to various federal and state law enforcement agencies and Memphis police, has made more than 2, 500 arrests since it began operating in Memphis. Arrests have been made on charges ranging from drug and weapons violations to immigration warrants to homicides. Lee has said the National Guard would “play a critical support role” for local law enforcement. Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, said he never requested that the Guard come to his city. But after Trump made the announcement and Lee agreed, Young, who is not involved in the lawsuit, and others has said they wanted the task force to focus on targeting violent offenders. Young has said operations include some 150 Guard members. Both the plaintiffs and the state acknowledged that the governor did not issue an order to trigger the deployment, but sent a news release. Lee has said that, “As the the commander-in-chief, Gov. Lee has the authority to authorize the Title 32 strategic mission to Memphis.”.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5611530/national-guard-memphis-judge-ruling
Tag: Donald Trump
‘Gut punch’: Liberal billionaire reportedly ‘unrecognizable’ after caving to Trump
California tech billionaire Marc Benioff, once a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, has become “unrecognizable” after endorsing President Donald Trump’s National Guard deployments and cozying up to the president, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
Benioff had initially distanced himself from Trump following his 2024 victory, pledging to maintain his company’s core values such as diversity and inclusion. But after he publicly supported Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco and made social media posts congratulating the president, those around him began to question whether he had caved on his principles.
“Marc Benioff stood out as someone who showed us that San Francisco values and the tech industry could coexist with and amplify each other,” said California state Rep. Matt Haney, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, speaking with the Post. “[That persona is now] unrecognizable.”
Others, like Rafael Mandelman, the president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, described Benioff’s apparent shift towards Trump as a “gut punch.”
Inside Benioff’s company Salesforce, the reaction was also negative. A message sent in the company’s internal messaging channel sharing a news article that included Benioff’s comments supporting Trump’s National Guard deployments garnered 200 negative reactions from employees using barfing-face emojis, according to a screenshot obtained by the Post.
“This seems to conflict pretty heavily with our values,” an employee at Salesforce wrote, according to the report.
While Benioff eventually walked back his support for Trump’s proposal to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco, he continued to praise the president on social media. Last month, Benioff even joined Trump for dinner in Tokyo.
Their relationship appeared so strong that Trump personally asked Benioff for advice on who should replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — whom Trump has frequently clashed with and considered firing over Powell’s refusal to cut interest rates as Trump wished.
“Marc, do you have a suggestion?” Trump asked Benioff, owner of Time magazine, during the dinner.
“You put me on the cover of Time magazine. That was a nice picture. Thank you very much for that,” Trump added.
Benioff’s evolving political stance has sparked concern and surprise among former allies and employees alike as he increasingly aligns with the Trump administration.
https://www.rawstory.com/marc-benioff-trump-gut-punch/
‘Retribution’: Trump calls for Epstein inquiry into Democrats
President Donald Trump is intensifying his efforts to thwart attempts to force the release of the Epstein files, even as the House moves toward a vote that could send disclosure legislation to his desk for his signature or veto. This development further heightens scrutiny of his past ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
On Friday, the president announced he will ask the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation “to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him.”
The New York Times reported that the “inquiry appeared to be retribution for the renewed focus on his own ties to Mr. Epstein.”
After White House officials reportedly held a Situation Room meeting with Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert on Wednesday to convince her—unsuccessfully—to remove her name from the discharge petition, the president took a different approach on Friday. He appeared both to try to wash his hands of the entire ordeal while refocusing attention on his political opponents and others.
“Epstein was a Democrat, and he is the Democrat’s problem, not the Republican’s problem!” Trump railed on his Truth Social website, while attacking Democrats.
“The Democrats are doing everything in their withering power to push the Epstein Hoax again, despite the DOJ releasing 50,000 pages of documents, in order to deflect from all of their bad policies and losses, especially the SHUTDOWN EMBARRASSMENT, where their party is in total disarray, and has no idea what to do,” Trump alleged.
“Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish,” the president continued. “Epstein was a Democrat, and he is the Democrat’s problem, not the Republican’s problem!”
“Ask Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, and Larry Summers about Epstein, they know all about him, don’t waste your time with Trump. I have a Country to run!”
Deadline on Friday noted that “Since the email release, Trump has avoided answering reporters’ questions about Epstein.”
Pointing to Trump’s Friday remarks, Politico’s Kyle Cheney remarked, “Trump again pleads with Republicans to stop talking about Epstein. The pressure hasn’t worked as well as it usually does. Also, the emails show Epstein was politically amorphous, deriding Ds just as much as Rs. And these latest emails were from the Epstein estate, not DOJ.”
https://www.alternet.org/smartnews/trump-clinton-epstein/
BBC apologizes to Donald Trump over Jan. 6 speech, issues retraction
Nov. 14 (UPI) — The BBC has issued a retraction and a formal apology to U.S. President Donald Trump for edits made to a speech he gave ahead of the January 6 Capitol Hill riots. The edits made it appear as if he was inciting his supporters to violence.
BBC Chairman Samir Shah also penned a personal written apology to the White House. However, the BBC indicated it would not be paying compensation, as demanded by President Trump.
The retraction stated that an edition of Panorama titled *Trump: A Second Chance*, broadcast on October 28, 2024, used excerpts lifted from different parts of Trump’s speech in a way that inadvertently made it appear they were contiguous. In the BBC’s version, Trump was shown saying, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell,” when his actual words were, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”
The BBC accepted that this edit “gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action” and offered an apology: “The BBC would like to apologize to President Trump for that error of judgment.”
However, the notice made no mention of compensation, which was one of President Trump’s key demands in a letter threatening the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit. The letter alleged that the program had defamed him and gave the BBC a deadline of 5 p.m. EST on Friday to respond.
A BBC spokesman said the corporation strongly disagreed that “there is a basis for a defamation claim.” There was no immediate response from either the White House or Trump’s legal counsel.
The Panorama program was not an isolated incident. According to *The Telegraph*, the BBC’s *Newsnight* program did something very similar with the same speech in a broadcast in 2022.
A spokesman for Trump’s legal team said that, based on the latest revelation, it was “now clear that the BBC engaged in a pattern of defamation against President Trump” and accused the corporation of attempting to influence the outcome of the 2024 election.
The controversy has sparked a furious debate about editorial impartiality at the BBC, which is funded by a £229 annual license fee that every household with a TV must pay. This has prompted calls for an overhaul of the BBC’s internal processes and procedures.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy acknowledged that the BBC’s editorial rules were “in some cases not robust enough and in other cases not consistently applied.” She also appeared to suggest that the replacement for director-general Tim Davie, who resigned Sunday, should come from a journalism background. Davie spent the first half of his career as a senior marketing executive at PepsiCo before joining the BBC’s marketing division.
The opposition Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary, Nigel Huddleston, stated he was waiting to see if Trump accepted the BBC’s response as the “fulsome apology” he was entitled to receive.
“I do not want the British license fee payer or the rest of the BBC to pay the price for poor editorial decisions made by BBC journalists,” Huddleston said in a post on X. “However, we would all be in a better position if the BBC had never made these errors in the first place. The BBC needs a fundamental review of processes and procedures to ensure that such failures in impartiality never happen again.”
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/11/14/Trump-receives-apology-from-BBC/9561763112533/
Newsom’s Prop 50 Redistricting Measure Faces New Lawsuit from DOJ
The Justice Department on Thursday filed a lawsuit to block California’s newly approved congressional districts, escalating a legal battle that could impact which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, targets the redistricting map advanced by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. This move comes after Republicans pursued a similar redistricting effort in Texas, which was backed by former President Donald Trump.
This case sets up a high-stakes clash between the GOP-led administration and Governor Newsom, a Democrat widely viewed as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.
This is a breaking news story. Updates will follow.
https://www.newsweek.com/newsom-prop-50-california-doj-lawsuit-trump-congress-redistricting-11043732
The timeline for SNAP benefits remains uncertain, even after Congress agrees to end the shutdown
**SNAP Food Aid Uncertainty Looms as Congress Moves to Reopen Government**
By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Congress has taken a significant step toward reopening the government, but uncertainty remains regarding when all 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP food aid will regain access to their full November benefits.
On Wednesday, the House adopted a plan to reopen the government, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature. Included in the plan is a provision to restart the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). However, questions persist about when benefits will be loaded onto the debit cards beneficiaries use to purchase groceries.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which administers SNAP, stated in an email Wednesday that funds could be available “upon the government reopening, within 24 hours for most states.” The USDA did not immediately clarify whether this timeline applies to when money would be available to states or when funds would be loaded onto beneficiaries’ debit cards.
Court Battles and State-by-State Variation
SNAP, the largest government food program, serves about one in eight Americans. Court battles have affected the program’s fate in recent weeks, with seesawing rulings and varied USDA communications meaning that beneficiaries in some states have already received their full monthly allocations, while others have gotten nothing or only partial payments.
States report that it’s faster to provide full benefits than to calculate and program for partial payments. According to an Associated Press tally, at least 19 states and the District of Columbia issued full benefits to some recipients last week. Many accomplished this within a day or so, during the narrow window between a Nov. 6 court ruling requiring full payments and a Nov. 7 U.S. Supreme Court action that stopped it.
Jessica Garon, spokesperson for the American Public Human Services Association, anticipates that most states will issue full benefits within three days of receiving the go-ahead, though it may take up to a week for others. Experts suggest that states which have not distributed any November benefits, such as South Carolina and West Virginia, will likely be the quickest to act. A complication arises for the 16 states that issued partial benefits, as technical hurdles may delay the issuance of the remaining amounts.
Delays Impact Millions of Recipients
Timing is critical for millions of Americans counting on SNAP benefits. About 42 million lower-income Americans receive an average of $190 monthly per person through the program. Recipients report that benefits rarely cover their full grocery needs, even with careful budgeting. Delays make things worse.
Doretha Washington, 41, of St. Louis, is struggling to feed herself, her husband, and their six children on limited resources. Her husband works servicing heating and cooling systems, but the family still needs SNAP to make ends meet. By November, they had received nothing, though Missouri reported Tuesday that partial benefits would be issued soon.
“Now it’s making things difficult because we can’t pay our bills in full and keep food in here,” Washington said. “I’m down to three days of food and trying to figure out what to do.” She has been rationing their supply, while others have turned to food charities, facing long lines and diminishing provisions.
State Governments Scramble as Funding is Cut Off
The USDA notified states on Oct. 24 that SNAP would not be funded for November if the shutdown continued. This led states to scramble—most Democratic-led states sued for funding restoration. Some Democratic and Republican-led states sought to cover SNAP payments with state funds, boost food banks, and even deploy the National Guard for food distribution. Others used federal SNAP funds only after a judge ordered the Trump administration to restore payments.
The Senate-passed bill to reopen the government calls for states to be reimbursed for spending their own money on programs usually funded federally. Details about SNAP reimbursement eligibility remain unclear.
While the USDA has promised to reimburse states that paid partial SNAP benefits under a system allowing up to 65% of regular allocations—and said that even states paying full benefits could receive partial reimbursement—it also clarified that amounts already loaded onto EBT cards would not be reduced.
Confusion and Chaos
States that pursued legal action for benefit restoration noted in a Wednesday court filing that the USDA’s late and sometimes contradictory information “illustrates the chaos and confusion occasioned by USDA’s multiple, conflicting guidance documents.”
**Associated Press reporters Margery A. Beck and David A. Lieb contributed to this report.**
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/12/timeline-for-snap-benefits/
US House votes on ending US government shutdown — WSJ
The House of Representatives was approaching a final vote late Wednesday on legislation aimed at ending the longest government shutdown in US history, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
The bill, which had already passed the Senate on Monday, was gaining significant momentum. Its approval by the House would clear the way for US President Donald Trump’s signature, potentially bringing the shutdown to an end.
**Market Reaction**
At the time of writing, the US Dollar Index (DXY) was up 0.05% on the day, trading at 99.50.
https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/finance/us-house-votes-on-ending-us-government-shutdown-wsj/
Are American workers being replaced? Inside the H-1B visa controversy
**Understanding the Controversy Surrounding H-1B Visas**
Following months of controversy, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation in September decrying the systemic abuse of the H-1B visa program. He argued that the program is fueling the “large-scale replacement of American workers” and has “undermined both our economic and national security.”
To address this, Trump instituted a $100,000 fee for companies seeking to obtain an H-1B visa, a move that has been widely criticized by business leaders, especially in the tech industry. The debate over the program has split both the American public and the GOP, with one side asserting that visa holders are poaching American jobs, while the other emphasizes the program’s importance to U.S. competitiveness.
So, what exactly are H-1B visas, and why have they become such a political flashpoint?
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### What is an H-1B Visa?
An H-1B visa is a non-immigrant work visa that allows U.S. companies to hire highly-skilled foreign workers in specialty occupations. These visas are issued for an initial period of three years and can be extended up to six years.
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the visas are meant for individuals of “exceptional merit and ability.” To qualify, candidates must have at least a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
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### Which Industries Use H-1B Visas Most?
By far, the tech industry is the largest user of H-1B visas, accounting for roughly 60 to 70 percent of all new applications in recent years. Other prominent sectors include consulting and professional services, engineering and manufacturing, healthcare and medical research, and higher education.
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### How Many Foreign Workers Hold These Visas?
There is no official figure for the number of people currently holding H-1B visas. However, there is a yearly cap of 65,000 visas, with an additional 20,000 reserved for individuals holding master’s degrees or higher.
Most universities and non-profit research organizations are exempt from this cap, which further increases the number of people approved each year. The Pew Research Center estimated that about 400,000 H-1B visa applications were approved last year under the Biden administration.
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### Where Do Visa Holders Come From?
Nearly three out of every four — 73 percent — of H-1B visa holders come from India, according to Pew. China ranks second, with 12 percent, while the remaining 15 percent come from various other countries, none exceeding a 2 percent share.
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### Who Is Against H-1B Visas?
Criticism of the H-1B visa program comes from both sides of the political aisle, including former President Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
Critics contend that the program has strayed from its original purpose — attracting top global talent — and is now being exploited by employers to import cheaper foreign labor, suppress wages, and displace American workers.
In response, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced bipartisan legislation in September aimed at reforming the program, closing loopholes, protecting American workers, and preventing outsourcing of jobs.
On the state level, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis issued guidelines in October to combat what he called a university loophole. He directed the Florida Board of Governors to require universities to prioritize American graduates and curb the practice of “importing foreign workers on H-1B visas instead of hiring Americans.”
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### Who Supports H-1B Visas?
On the other side, many prominent figures argue that the program is essential for maintaining U.S. competitiveness. Elon Musk, for example, has publicly supported the H-1B program, stating, “The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla, and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B.”
Musk also acknowledged that “the program is broken and needs major reform,” proposing to raise the minimum salary threshold and introduce yearly costs for maintaining H-1B status to make overseas hiring more expensive compared to domestic hiring.
Business leaders assert that the H-1B program is crucial for competing with countries like China, which recently launched its own talent visa program called the K-visa. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also supports the H-1B program.
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### Are Visa Holders Taking American Jobs?
On September 19, President Trump issued a proclamation titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” claiming that the H-1B visa program is being “deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor.”
He argued that this abuse artificially suppresses wages, disadvantages American workers in the labor market, and complicates efforts to attract and retain the highest-skilled subset of temporary workers — with the most significant impact in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields.
Trump stated that the large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse of the program has undermined both economic and national security.
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### New Rules and Fees
To curb abuses, Trump imposed a $100,000 fee on companies applying for H-1B visas, effective September 21, 2025, with the restriction set to expire one year later. His administration has also been directed to initiate rulemaking prioritizing high-skilled and high-paid applicants.
Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to narrow the definition of “specialty occupation,” increase worksite compliance inspections, and require employers to submit applications directly, aiming to prevent companies from contracting out H-1B workers to other firms.
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### What’s Next?
The debate over H-1B visas is far from over. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s new $100,000 fee, arguing that it would make the program prohibitively expensive for many U.S. employers, particularly small and midsize businesses.
The lawsuit claims the fee is unlawful as it overrides provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which require visa-related fees to be based on the government’s costs to process them.
As the political and economic battles continue, the future of the H-1B visa program remains uncertain, but its impact on the American workforce and technological innovation will continue to be a critical issue.
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*Stay tuned for further updates on the evolving H-1B visa policy.*
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/american-workers-being-replaced-inside-h-1b-visa-controversy
Markets breathe a sigh of relief with an end to the government shutdown in sight
Stock futures rose early Monday on hopes that the longest federal government shutdown in American history will come to an end soon. The Senate voted to advance legislation to end the deadlock after a group of Democrats broke ranks to back a deal.
The bill would allow federal funding to restart and end the furlough of many employees, but it does not contain a guarantee to extend healthcare tax subsidies, a key Democratic demand.
“It looks like we’re getting closer to the shutdown ending,” President Donald Trump said Sunday night. “You’ll know very soon.” Markets breathed a sigh of relief.
S&P 500 futures were up by almost 1% early Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also rising. The rally extended to global stock indexes, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 rising 1.3% and Britain’s FTSE 100 surging 1%.
Jonathan Pingle, chief U.S. economist at UBS Investment Bank, told CNBC, “The Fed’s been stumbling around in this fog and I think markets would like some clarity one way or another.” He described the shutdown as a “huge inconvenience” and a “drag on growth.”
“There’s a certain amount of cheerleading growing on,” Pingle said about the Senate bill. “Businesses are going to be happy having a functioning government and getting past reports.”
Lawmakers voted 60-40 to advance the bill Sunday night before the Senate adjourned until Monday. The Republican-controlled House also needs to back the measure before it heads to President Trump’s desk for approval. That process could still take several days.
“A possible end to the longest running U.S. shutdown is a positive for markets,” said Prashant Newnaha, senior Asia-Pacific rates strategist at TD Securities, according to Reuters. “Our expectation is that the next step is for a House vote on Wednesday, with the government set to reopen this Friday.”
At 40 days, the current shutdown is the longest ever in the U.S., and until this weekend, Republicans and Democrats had been at an impasse. The shutdown has left 1.4 million federal employees without pay and halted key economic data releases.
The shutdown effectively closed the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hampering its ability to collect and produce timely data about the state of the U.S. economy.
Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said the lack of data “has created a considerable dose of the uncertainty which markets famously hate and it is also hampering the ability of the Federal Reserve to make informed decisions on interest rates.”
“In this context, it’s not a surprise to see investors react positively to signs of progress, with Asian shares higher, indices on the front foot in Europe and US futures pointing towards gains when Wall Street opens later.”
— Joseph Zeballos-Roig contributed to this article.
https://qz.com/government-shutdown-deal-stocks-markets-sp500-djia-nasdaq
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Trump Grants Sweeping Pardons to Dozens Targeted After 2020 Election [WATCH]
President Donald Trump has issued a broad pardon proclamation extending clemency to dozens of allies who faced prosecution over efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. The order, signed and released by the White House, declares the pardons part of an effort to correct what the president called a “grave national injustice” and move toward “national reconciliation.”
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 presidential election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” the document reads.
The proclamation grants “a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any state or state official in connection with the 2020 presidential election, as well as for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 presidential election.”
Among those named are several high-profile figures who became central to post-election investigations, including Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s former personal attorney and former mayor of New York; John Eastman, one of Trump’s lawyers involved in election-related legal strategies; and Tyler Bowyer, a senior member of Turning Point USA.
In total, the list includes more than 70 individuals. Some of the names listed in the document are Mark Amick, Kathy Berden, Christina Bobb, Joseph Brannan, Carol Brunner, Mary Buestrin, Darryl Carlson, James “Ken” Carroll, Brad Carver, Robert Cheeley, Kenneth Chesebro, Hank Choate, Jeffrey Clark, Vikki Consiglio, Nancy Cottle, James DeGraffenreid, John Downey, Jenna Ellis, Boris Epshteyn, Amy Facchinello, Bill Feehan, Carolyn Fisher, Harrison Floyd, Clifford Frost, Kay Godwin, Edward Scott Grabins, Stanley Grot, John Haggard, Scott Hall, Misty Hampton, David G. Hanna, Mark Hennessy, Mari-Ann Henry, Durward James Hindle III, Andrew Hitt, Jake Hoffman, Burt Jones, Anthony T. Moorhead, Loraine Pellegrino, Sidney Powell, James Renner, Eileen Rice, Mayra Rodriguez, Mike Roman, Rose Rook, Kelly Ruh, Greg Safsten, David Shafer, Marian Sheridan, Ray Stallings Smith III, Robert F. Spindell Jr., Shawn Still, Ken Thompson, Pam Travis, James Troupis, Kent Vanderwood, Kelli Ward, Michael Ward, and C. B. Yadav.
The proclamation notes that the pardon applies only to those whose conduct was directly related to post-election challenges or alternate elector efforts, as well as activities tied to investigating or exposing alleged voting irregularities.
In a statement posted to X, Tyler Bowyer expressed gratitude toward President Trump and others who supported those charged in connection with the post-election cases.
“I am very grateful for the support of the President and his pardon attorney Ed Martin, and the many who have looked out for us since this expensive injustice has taken place in the swing states,” he wrote. “We were targeted to sideline many of us politically. It has nearly bankrupted and caused severe trauma to many good people on this list—this is why it is important to get to the bottom of what was carried out against good faith and active citizens who took to the courts to ask questions about the 2020 election.”
While the proclamation offers comprehensive relief for those prosecuted or investigated, it explicitly excludes President Trump himself.
“This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” the document states. That clarification ensures that any ongoing or future legal proceedings involving the president personally are not affected by the order.
The move, however, effectively brings to a close years of prosecutions, investigations, and civil actions targeting individuals tied to Trump’s post-election legal and political efforts.
https://www.lifezette.com/2025/11/trump-grants-sweeping-pardons-to-dozens-targeted-after-2020-election-watch/