Despite President Donald Trump's recent pardons, state-level prosecution of 2020 election interference cases can continue.

President Trump acknowledged it was not a good night for Republicans on Election Day as Democrats secured major victories in New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere, suggesting the ongoing government

"We are the ones that have done a great job on affordability... but we just lost an election, they said, based on affordability," Trump said Nov. 6.

Trump's campaign-style speech to business leaders in Miami was designed to tout his economic accomplishments as voters increasingly say his administration is not doing enough.

Late Sunday, while most eyes were on the Senate’s shutdown negotiations, the Trump administration was busy rewriting the history of the 2020 election.Just before midnight, a Justice Department lawyer posted a list on X of dozens of the president’s top allies and former aides who’d received pardons related to their efforts to overturn that election.

President Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election. Here’s what they did, and the message it now sends to his allies in future elections.