Rudy Giuliani ‘surprised’ by Trump pardon, claims Post was targeted for Hunter Biden laptop coverage

Rudy Giuliani said he was “surprised” to receive a pardon from President Trump in the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election results – and said The Post was vindicated for its exclusive reporting on Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop.

“President Trump ended a long nightmare for innocent people,” the former New York City and Trump lawyer told The Post Monday a day after Trump’s Department of Justice granted pardons to 77 people tied to the alleged plot, including Giuliani, Sideny Powell and Kenneth Chesebro.

“The president has made the justice system fair again,” he added. “This pardon decision shows there were two justice systems.”

Giuliani claimed he hadn’t talked to the president about a potential pardon in recent years.

“I was surprised. No one can say President Trump can’t keep a secret,” he quipped.

The Republican once called America’s mayor said the prosecutions were “the worst distortions of the American justice system in our history.”

“This period will also go down as the darkest chapter in our court system,” Guliani said.  “A lot of these electors who were indicted were regular people.”

In his decision, US Pardon Attorney Edward Martin Jr. said the NY Post was also victimized by orchestrated partisan censorship involving the FBI under then-President Joe Biden.

“This covert operation caused the censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story on Twitter and Facebook, as well as the de-platforming of the New York Post on Twitter for two weeks in late October 2020, directly orchestrated by FBI officials,” Martin said.

Giuliani said, “It sets up a lawsuit for the New York Post. It was a violation of the New York Post’s constitutional rights.

“I was vindicated. The New York Post was vindicated,” he said.

This is a developing story.