On Tuesday morning, Jenna Ellis became the third Donald Trump-allied lawyer to plead guilty in Fulton County, Ga., to state criminal charges related to Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
The Ellis, Powell and Chesebro guilty pleas represent an advance for both the state election prosecution in Georgia and the federal election prosecution in Washington.
At the same time, however, it’s far too soon to tell whether the prosecution has made real progress on Trump himself.
The ultimate importance of the plea deals depends on the nature of the testimony from the lawyers, and we don’t yet know what they have said — or will say.
To understand the potential significance of these plea agreements, it’s necessary to understand the importance of Trump’s legal team to Trump’s criminal defense.
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Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Ellis, Powell, Chesebro, Jack Smith, Trump, I’ve, Ken White, Ezra Klein’s, ”
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