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☆ Opinion | Trump’s Lawyers Should Have Known Better
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Jesse Wegman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

With so many lawyers involved in the Watergate criminal scheme, the American Bar Association started requiring law schools to provide ethics instruction or risk losing their accreditation. In Fulton County, Ga., three of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers — Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis — have now pleaded guilty to crimes in service of Mr. Trump’s scheme to overturn the 2020 election and stay in the White House. All three have agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the sprawling state RICO case against Mr. Trump. Two other Trump lawyers, Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, still face criminal charges in the Georgia case. If Mr. Trump’s 2020 racket was “a coup in search of a legal theory,” as one federal judge put it, these lawyers provided the theory, and the phony facts to back it up.

Persons: Richard Nixon’s, John Dean, Nixon’s, Donald Trump’s, — Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis —, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Chesebro, Powell Organizations: American Bar Association, House, Trump Locations: Fulton County ,, Georgia

☆ At least 6 Trump co-defendants in Georgia election interference case have talked plea deals, and the list most likely won't include Rudy Giuliani
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

So far, four people have accepted plea deals, including Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell. The details of the plea deals were not disclosed. A Fulton County grand jury indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants in mid-August under the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. AdvertisementAdvertisement"That could very well be the case but not necessarily," Melissa Redmon, a former deputy district attorney at the Fulton County District Attorney's Office told Insider. So far, Redmon noted, the co-defendants who have accepted plea deals have gotten a dismissal or reduction of charges.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, —, Donald Trump's, Robert Cheeley, Misty Hampton, Micahel Roman, Richard Rice, Rice, Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Scott, Fani Willis, Melissa Redmon, Redmon, Powell, Trump's, Giuliani, Ted Goodman Organizations: CNN, Service, Trump, White House, Cheeley, Fulton, Attorney's Office, Attorney's, White Locations: Georgia, state's, Fulton County , Georgia, Hampton, Fulton County's, Fulton County, Fulton

☆ Opinion | Trump’s Lawyers Are Going Down. Is He?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

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.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Ellis, Powell, Chesebro, Jack Smith, Trump, I’ve, Ken White, Ezra Klein’s, ” Organizations: Trump Locations: Fulton County ,, Georgia, Washington, Trump

“Mark Meadows always thought it was rigged, the whole thing was rigged,” Trump said. Trump was indicted by Smith in August in Washington, D.C., for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election and for inciting a riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The report from ABC News comes at a precarious moment for Trump, the GOP presidential primary front-runner who faces a total of 91 criminal charges stemming from four indictments. "If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges. He reiterated those points on social media, where Trump also posited that perhaps Meadows, after years of being pressured by Smith and other prosecutors, finally told Smith what he wanted to hear in order to secure his own immunity.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, “, ” Trump, Meadows, Jack Smith, Smith, Trump, Fani Willis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Trump’s, Ellis, doesn’t Organizations: White, New, ABC, Justice, Washington , D.C, Capitol, Trump, ABC News, GOP, Donald Trump View Locations: Manhattan, Washington ,, Fulton County, Georgia

☆ Guilty pleas from ex-Trump attorneys deal blow to right-wing media outlets that amplified election lies
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —It’s raining “guilty” pleas in Trump-world. The rapid succession of guilty pleas not only marks a big blow to Trump, but also to the right-wing media apparatus that championed and disseminated his election lies to the masses. In the aftermath of the 2020 election, both Ellis and Powell toured across MAGA Media, becoming heroes to Trump’s fans as they sowed doubt about the legitimacy of the election. Fox News, which repeatedly hosted Ellis in the wake of the 2020 election, suddenly became disinterested in the former Trump lawyer. The result is that a good portion of the channel’s audience, made up of legions of viewers who willfully seclude themselves in right-wing media safe spaces, will likely miss the consequential news.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump’s, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Trump, Ellis, Powell, they’re, ”, Donald Trump, ” Ellis, Matt Gertz, Trump’s, Rupert, Lachlan Murdoch Organizations: CNN, Salem Media, MAGA Media, Media, Fox News, Voting, Dominion Locations: Trump, Georgia, Fulton

(CNN) – Fulton County prosecutors have discussed potential plea deals with at least six additional co-defendants charged alongside Donald Trump for attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential election, multiple sources tell CNN. Pro-Trump lawyer Robert Cheeley is among those who have been offered a plea deal in the Georgia case but, according to his lawyer, turned it down. A source with knowledge of the Fulton County DA’s strategy tells CNN that it would be open to discussing plea deals with anyone, but there is little room for compromise when it comes to the charges against Trump. To be clear, there is no indication that prosecutors or Trump’s legal team are interested in discussing a plea deal. John Eastman, who is also considered one of Trump’s most high-profile co-defendants, has not been offered a plea deal either, his lawyer told CNN.

Persons: Donald Trump, District Attorney Fani Willis, Robert Cheeley, ”, Richard Rice, Misty Hampton, Mike Roman, Willis, Trump, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Meadows, Jack Smith, John Eastman, Eastman, Willis ’, Robert James, ” James, squeal, Polantz, Paula Reid, Evan Perez Organizations: CNN, District Attorney, Trump, Fulton, White House, Georgia, Democratic, Atlanta Public Schools Locations: Fulton, Georgia, Coffee County , Georgia, Fulton County, New York, Georgia’s Dekalb County

☆ All the people starting to turn on Trump are really starting to add up
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The news that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is cooperating should concern Trump. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementThus far, most of the investigations into Trump, especially his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, have relied on lower-ranking aides. Willis previously issued a sweeping indictment against Trump and his allies for trying to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results. There's also the original Trump flipper, his former fixer Michael Cohen, who testified in Trump's civil fraud trial on Tuesday.

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☆ Mark Meadows quietly testified that he told Trump the election wasn't being stolen, reports say. But his book still pushed election fraud claims.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Sarah Gray | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Unnamed sources familiar with the situation told ABC News and Bloomberg that Meadows testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the election interference probe. It was not clear what Terwilliger told ABC News was inaccurate. Both ABC News and Bloomberg reported that Meadows told the grand jury he had informed Trump in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election that claims of mass election fraud were baseless. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeadows also doubled down on the election fraud claims well after he and Trump left the White House, despite what the recent reporting says he told the grand jury. CNN noted that Meadows wrote in the book he did try to explain to Trump how he lost the election.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Jack Smith's, Meadows, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Bloomberg —, George Terwilliger, Terwilliger, Bill Barr, who's, Alfred Hitchcock, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro Organizations: ABC News, Bloomberg, Service, White House, CBS, ABC, White, CNN, Trump Locations: Georgia

☆ Former Trump lawyer Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia, could testify against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A former lawyer for Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping the then-U.S. president's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state of Georgia and agreed to testify against Trump if called upon. "What I did not do and should have done, your honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true," Ellis told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings. Prosecutors said she attended a meeting with Georgia lawmakers where Trump personal lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani made false claims about voting irregularities. It is unclear what Powell, Chesebro and Ellis have told prosecutors or how broad their testimony could be.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, Trump, Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Democrat Joe Biden, Willis, Jay Abt, Prosecutors, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Scott McAfee’s, Amy Lee Copeland, Powell, Chesebro, Biden, Copeland, Andrew Goudsward, David Ljunggren, Scott Malone, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Trump, Fulton, Republican, Democrat, New York, MSNBC, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Fulton, Scott McAfee’s Fulton, Atlanta , U.S

☆ Former Trump lawyer Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia, could testify against him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"What I did not do and should have done, your honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true," Ellis told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings. Prosecutors said she attended a meeting with Georgia lawmakers where Trump personal lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani made false claims about voting irregularities. Ellis frequently appeared alongside Giuliani in the weeks after the election, members of what Ellis called "an elite strike force" to challenge the results on Trump's behalf. The plea agreement calls for her to be sentenced to five years of probation and $5,000 in restitution.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Scott McAfee’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Democrat Joe Biden, Prosecutors, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Andrew Goudsward, David Ljunggren, Scott Malone, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Trump, Fulton, Republican, Democrat, New York, Thomson Locations: Fulton, Scott McAfee’s Fulton, Atlanta , U.S, WASHINGTON, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta

☆ Sidney Powell pushes claims that 2020 election was rigged and prosecutors 'extorted' her after she pleaded guilty to election interference
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to election interference in Georgia's criminal case last week. On social media, she has continued to push claims that the 2020 election was rigged and prosecutors target conservatives. She also shared a post about a survey that claimed many Democrats believe "cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 election." Chesebro and Powell have both pleaded guilty in the Fulton County election interference case. Fulton County sheriff's officeNeither Powell nor a representative for the Fulton County district attorney's office responded to a request for comment.

Persons: Sidney Powell, Powell, —, Joe Biden's, Fani Willis, Willis, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Trump, Dinesh D'Souza, Dan Bongino, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, D'Souza, Tim Fitton, Fitton, Biden, John Eastman, couldn't, Steve Sadow, Powell's, Mugshots, Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, Ronald Carlson, Carlson, Michael Flynn, Trump's, Flynn, Mike Flynn Organizations: Service, Trump, Strike Force, House, Dominion, Twitter, Police, Trump Justice Department, Truth Social, Federalist, University of Georgia School of Law, FBI, Fascist Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Coffee County, California, Atlanta, Republic, Fulton, United States

☆ Trump’s Loss of Loyalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Susan Milligan | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

But for Trump, Ellis' plea was especially damaging, since it underscored the steady evaporation of something Trump has demanded from staff and associates since his days as a New York businessman: loyalty. "If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges. The three former Trump lawyers who pleaded guilty in Georgia were facing some serious potential consequences, he noted, including not just time behind bars but the loss of their law licenses – and that may take priority over honoring Trump's demands for loyalty. "This is not about Donald Trump vs. Michael Cohen," Cohen said as he entered the New York courtroom. You saw Donald Trump try to walk away from Sidney Powell – despite documentary evidence that he had called her his lawyer.

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That happened Sunday when Trump posted on social media, in capital letters, that Powell “was not my attorney, and never was." Smith's indictment notes Trump privately told others that he thought her election fraud ideas sounded “crazy." Campaigning in New Hampshire on Monday, Trump appeared to refer to Powell and Cheesbro as “good people” and said prosecutors worked to “hound” and “scare” them. Steve Sadow, Trump's lead attorney in the Georgia case, expressed confidence that Powell’s plea wouldn’t hurt Trump, saying last week that any truthful testimony offered would be "favorable to my overall defense strategy." The Georgia indictment accuses Powell in a plot to illegally access a county's voting equipment.

Persons: — Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Trump, Joe Biden, —, “ It's, it’s, John Fishwick, Powell, “ She's, — Powell, Chesebro, That's, Fani Willis, winnow, ”, Anthony Michael Kreis, Jack Smith, Smith, “, Jessica Roth, “ They're, Jack Smith's, Powell “, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, ” Kreis, she'd, Giuliani, Ellis, Hugo Chavez, Biden, Kreis, Cheesbro, Steve Sadow, Trump's, he's, John Eastman, Randall Eliason, you've, ___ Tucker, Jill Colvin Organizations: ATLANTA, White, Trump, Western, of, Georgia State University, Cardozo School of Law, Twitter, Fulton County, Biden, Georgia Republicans, George Washington University, Associated Press Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, U.S, of Virginia, Fulton County, Georgia, Germany, New Hampshire, Washington, Derry , New Hampshire

☆ Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis tears up in court as she pleads guilty to election interference in Georgia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis broke down as described her efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Ellis pleaded guilty to one count related to her efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. She pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements, stemming from her falsely telling Georgia lawmakers that fake votes were counted in the 2020 election. Powell, last week, pleaded guilty to her own set of criminal charges in the case, and Giuliani faces numerous other legal problems. A Colorado judge said she "undermined the American public's confidence in the presidential election" as he handed down a censure.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Georgia's, —, Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Biden, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, Powell, Giuliani, Ron DeSantis, Trump's, Ellis didn't Organizations: Trump, Service, Strike Force, Republican National Committee, The Washington Post, Florida Gov Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Colorado

☆ Trump 2020 lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election case, the latest to flip
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jenna Ellis, the right-wing attorney who worked on the Trump 2020 presidential campaign, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a criminal charge in the Georgia election interference case. Ellis is the latest co-defendant of former President Donald Trump to take a deal with prosecutors, joining Sidney Powell and two others. Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. The charge related to false claims of voter fraud that were made to members of the Georgia Senate at a hearing in early December 2020. In a tearful statement before Judge Scott McAfee, Ellis expressed regret for her actions in the wake of Trump's loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, Fani Willis, Trump, Scott McAfee, Joe Biden Organizations: Trump, Fulton County Superior Court, Georgia Senate Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

Ellis pleaded guilty to one felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. She was censured in Colorado in March after admitting she made repeated false statements about the 2020 election. Bail bondsman Scott Graham Hall pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor charges and got five years of probation. Ellis and the other three pleaded guilty under Georgia’s first offender law. Trump and the other defendants, including his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, have pleaded not guilty.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump’s, ” Ellis, Ellis, Racketeer, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Joe Biden's, Trump, Daysha Young, Rudy Giuliani, Ray Smith, Ellis “, abetted, Young, ”, Giuliani, President Trump, ” Powell, Chesebro, Bail bondsman Scott Graham Hall, Georgia’s, Mark Meadows, ___ Weissert, Eric Tucker Organizations: ATLANTA, —, Republican, Trump, U.S . Capitol, White, New York, Democrats, Fulton, Fulton County DA, Associated Press Locations: Georgia, Trump's, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Florida, Fulton County, Colorado, Nevada , Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington

A spokesman for Mr. Giuliani did not immediately respond to a request for comment. With her guilty plea, Ms. Ellis became the fourth defendant — and the third lawyer — in the case to reach a cooperation deal with Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney. While a person familiar with Ms. Ellis’s thinking described her as being extremely angry at Mr. Giuliani, her cooperation could be perilous for Mr. Trump as well. Indeed, if Ms. Ellis, Ms. Powell and Mr. Chesebro all end up taking the stand, they could paint a detailed collective portrait of Mr. Trump’s activities in the postelection period. They could touch upon a brazen plot, rejected by Mr. Trump, to use the military to seize the country’s voting machines.

Persons: Ellis, Giuliani, —, Willis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro —, Trump, Trump’s, Powell, Pence Organizations: Fani, Trump, Mr, Capitol Locations: Fulton County, —

☆ Jenna Ellis: Former Trump campaign lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Georgia election subversion case and will cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors – the third guilty plea in the past week. At an unscheduled hearing in Atlanta, Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements, a felony stemming from the election lies that Ellis and other Donald Trump lawyers peddled to Georgia lawmakers in December 2020. The development comes after back-to-back guilty pleas last week in the sprawling case from former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the fake electors plot. So far, four have pleaded guilty. Implicating GiulianiThe plea from Ellis implicated Giuliani in a state crime – lying to Georgia legislators by peddling false voter-fraud theories.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, –, Ellis, Donald Trump, peddled, ” Ellis, Trump, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Powell, “, ”, Giuliani, Chesebro, abetted ” Giuliani, Ray Smith, Smith, Joe Biden, Ellis ’, Steve Sadow, Ellis “ doesn’t, ” Sadow, DA Willis, hasn’t, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Washington CNN —, Trump, Fulton, Prosecutors, Georgia Senate, Florida Gov, Republican Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta, Fulton County, Chesebro, “, Colorado, Trump, Florida

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump claimed Sidney Powell was “never” his attorney in a social media post Sunday, three days after she pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case. Trump publicly announced on November 15, 2020, that he “added” Powell to his “truly great team” of lawyers working on the election. Her attorneys said she “did not represent President Trump or the Trump campaign” because she never signed an “engagement agreement” to be their attorney. Her name was never on any court filings from the Trump campaign, Powell’s lawyers pointed out. In her guilty plea, Powell admitted her role in the January 2021 breach of election systems in rural Coffee County, Georgia.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, “, Trump’s, Powell, Trump, “ Sidney Powell, POWELL, ” Trump, ” Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Joe Biden, Powell’s Organizations: Washington CNN, Trump, GOP, Pentagon Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Coffee County , Georgia

☆ Opinion: Uncomfortable reality for Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. He didn’t live to see the allies’ victory in World War II that year or the conference in San Francisco that month that established the United Nations. But his diplomatic efforts to meet with Arab leaders came undone after a devastating explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Biden himself initially supported the US 2003 war in Iraq only to end up as the president who ordered the US pullout of Afghanistan. “This is the politics that Donald Trump’s rhetoric has wrought among his supporters in the Republican Party,” wrote Avlon.

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☆ Opinion: If successful, this case could be the most dangerous to Trump’s 2024 presidential run
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the case that may pose the greatest threat to Trump’s candidacy in 2024 is not one of his criminal cases. We are confident the rule of law will prevail, and this decision will be reversed — whether at the Colorado Supreme Court, or at the US Supreme Court,” a Trump campaign spokesperson said. But the Colorado case could be the one that makes it to our nation’s highest court. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was intended to keep former Confederates from holding office after the war. The state’s Supreme Court rejected Griffin’s final appeal to overturn the decision earlier this year.

Persons: Dean Obeidallah, Donald Trump’s, Tanya Chutkan, Trump, Trump’s, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro —, ”, Sarah Wallace, Wallace, “, Wallace —, Neil Gorsuch, Gorsuch, ” Wallace, Couy Griffin, Griffin, ‘ Organizations: CNN, Dean Obeidallah CNN, Trump, Colorado, Colorado GOP, Supreme, Colorado Supreme, US, New, Cowboys, Capitol Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, Colorado, insurrectionists, Michigan, Minnesota, United States, New Mexico, Otero County

The pleas are a stark display of the reality that the Georgia case against Trump and his co-defendants is getting stronger. For two prominent Trump co-defendants – Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro – the looming five-month trial, potentially resulting in a yearslong prison sentence, appears to have spurred them into flipping. Chesebro directly implicated Trump in a criminal conspiracy, and his plea establishes for the first time that the fake electors plot was illegal. Trump is the only person charged thus far in the federal case, but both Chesebro and Powell are unindicted co-conspirators. Sadow brushed off the threat of possible testimony from Chesebro and Powell at Trump’s eventual trial on the Georgia election subversion charges.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Trump, – Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro –, Trump Chesebro, Chesebro, Powell, Powell’s, Steve Sadow, Trump’s, Chesebro’s, ”, “, Fani Willis, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Sadow, ” Sadow Organizations: CNN, Trump, Justice, White, Prosecutors, Justice Department Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia, “, Coffee County , Georgia, Fulton, New York, Chesebro

☆ Two Trump co-defendants plead guilty. What next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sidney Powell , a public face of Trump’s attempts to challenge the election results in 2020 and 2021, pleaded guilty Thursday. The former Trump attorney willavoid jail time but agreed to testify as a witness and pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors for conspiracy to commitintentional interference, downgraded from felony charges she had faced. He pleaded guilty Friday to a single felony, conspiracy to commit filingfalse documents. Trial dates have not been set, and Trump has pleaded not guilty. But guilty pleas, Williams said, are now evidence that crimes were committed as Trump tried to make Joe Biden’s 2020 victory disappear.

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Former president Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoATLANTA— Kenneth Chesebro , a former legal adviser to Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Friday to one felony charge in an agreement to testify for the prosecution in the Georgia racketeering case against the former president and others. Chesebro is the second lawyer affiliated with Trump’s 2020 campaign, and third co-defendant, to cut a deal with prosecutors, after Sidney Powell , a legal adviser who played a leading role in the effort to reverse Trump’s election loss, struck a similar deal Thursday. Powell is also expected to cooperate with the prosecution.

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao ATLANTA — Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Powell Locations: Georgia

☆ 2 of Trump's co-defendants pushed for speedy trials in Georgia. Now both have turned against him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell were among 19 co-defendants — including Trump — who were indicted in Georgia this year. But just before their criminal trials began, Powell and Chesebro flipped and struck plea deals with prosecutors. Powell, a longtime GOP lawyer who pushed nonsense conspiracy theories about the 2020 election while working for Trump, struck her deal on Thursday. As part of the deal, she was ordered to testify at future trials and write a letter apologizing to Georgia citizens. He will also have to testify at future trials and write a letter apologizing to Georgia citizens.

Persons: Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Powell, Chesebro, —, Donald Trump's, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Mark Meadows, Anna Bower Organizations: Trump —, Service, Trump, New, White House, GOP Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Chesebro, New York

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