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☆ Opinion | Turmoil Over Student Support for Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

To the Editor:Re “Student Letter Hits Fault Line in Free Speech” (front page, Oct. 19):The unequivocal support for Hamas by some students at elite colleges is irksome and puzzling. These bright young students claim to value tolerance and inclusion while objecting to capital punishment. Carla S. SchickOakland, Calif.To the Editor:It strikes me that the students at Harvard who complain about being “doxxed” misunderstand the concept of free speech. Free speech means that you are free to say whatever is on your mind “free” of government restrictions. If you say mean things, they likely will think you mean.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Friday for the first defendant to go to trial in the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald Trump and others of illegally scheming to overturn the 2020 election in the state. CHESEBRO WILL BE TRIED BY HIMSELFUntil Thursday morning, Chesebro was set to go on trial alongside Powell after each filed a demand for a speedy trial. On Monday, prospective jurors will be called in groups of 14 for individual questioning. Then the prosecution and the defense attorneys will have one hour per group of 14 prospective jurors to ask questions. McAfee recently said he would tell prospective jurors during jury selection that it's likely to take up to five months.

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Chesebro was the third of 19 codefendants in the Georgia case to make a deal, a monumental legal and personal blow to Trump, who highly prizes loyalty among his associates. Another former Trump lawyer, Sidney Powell, entered into a plea deal Thursday, following a September deal by a lesser-known bail bondsman, Scott Hall. While other defendants – especially Trump – have pushed for later trial dates, Chesebro insisted on his right to a speedy trial. Jury selection for his case started Friday, and Chesebro entered into the plea deal hours after potential jurors filed into the courthouse. The Chesebro deal could be the third domino to fall against Trump and other high-level defendants such as former Trump lawyer and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Persons: Kenneth Chesebro, Donald Trump's, Chesebro, Trump, Joe Biden, Sidney Powell, Scott Hall, –, Fani Willis, Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Joyce Vance, ”, MAGA, Michael Cohen, Arthur Engoron, Engoron, Chris Kise Organizations: Trump, Biden, Biden's, U.S . Capitol, Act, New York, MSNBC Locations: Georgia’s Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County, New York

☆ 'Real Bad with a capital B': Ex-prosecutor says Trump should be worried after former lawyers agree to plea deals and turn on him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A former prosecutor saidTrump should be worried about his ex-attorneys' plea deals in Georgia. Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro struck deals in the Georgia 2020 election interference case. He emphasized that it's "real bad with a capital B" for Trump. Additionally, Bederow said, the plea deals will likely bolster the public's perception in the legitimacy of the charges and could prompt other co-defendants in the case to turn on Trump. Trump's team downplayed the significance of the plea deals in a statement.

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☆ Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Marshall Cohen Nick Valencia Maxime Tamsett Fabiana Chaparro | Marshall Cohen | Nick Valencia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It comes one day after former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell also pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Fulton County prosecutors recommended that he serve 5 years of probation and pay $5,000 in restitution, and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee imposed that sentence at Friday’s hearing. Three defendants have now pleaded guilty in the sprawling racketeering case: Chesebro, Powell and Georgia-based bail bondsman Scott Hall. Powell and Hall both admitted their roles in the January 2021 breach of election systems in rural Coffee County, Georgia. At a hearing earlier this week, Fulton County prosecutors and attorneys for Chesebro haggled over how many politically charged questions should be included.

Persons: Kenneth Chesebro, Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Trump, Sidney Powell, Chesebro, Scott McAfee, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Powell, Mike Pence, Joe Biden’s, “, Daysha Young, bondsman Scott Hall, Hall, McAfee, misapplied, Jack Smith, Steve Sadow, ” Sadow, Jan, impartially, MAGA, Donald Trump’s, ”, “ MAGA, “ MAGA Republicans ”, Chesebro’s Organizations: Atlanta CNN, Trump, Fulton, Giuliani, Eastman, Prosecutors, Hall, Justice, CNN, “ MAGA Republicans Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton, Powell, Coffee County , Georgia, Washington , DC

☆ Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia case, following Sidney Powell
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Atlanta, Aug. 23, 2023. Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro agreed to plead guilty Friday to a felony charge in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump. Chesebro, like Powell, will be required to testify truthfully at the trials of other co-defendants in the case, including Trump, if he is asked to do so. Powell and Chesebro have both been identified as likely co-conspirators in a separate election interference case against Trump in Washington, D.C., federal court. Asked if Trump should be worried by the development in the case, Grubman said, "I don't think so."

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☆ Late Night Sums Up Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Get Out of Jail Free PleaSidney Powell, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case, agreeing to testify against other defendants, possibly including the former president. Powell, who will avoid prison time, will also have to pay a $9,000 fine and write a letter of apology to the people of Georgia. On Thursday, Seth Meyers said it was still shocking to him that “when discussing a former president, I have to say ‘one of the four criminal cases’ — and you don’t even know which one I’m talking about.”

Persons: Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, Powell, Seth Meyers, ’, ” Organizations: Netflix Locations: Georgia

Chesebro pleaded guilty in a Fulton County court to conspiracy to commit filing of false documents, one day after another former lawyer for Trump, Sidney Powell, also pleaded guilty in the case that had been scheduled to begin on Monday. The plea agreements mean that the first scheduled trial in the case, which was set to give Trump and other co-defendants a preview of the state’s case, will not happen. The Georgia case is one of four state or federal criminal cases that Trump is facing and one of two specifically focused on his attempts to overturn his election defeat. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has pleaded not guilty and continues to falsely claim his loss was the result of fraud. Reporting by Andrew Goudsward and Doina Chiacu; writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Doina ChiacuOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, mugshot, Donald Trump's, Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Trump, Andrew Goudsward, Susan Heavey, Doina Organizations: U.S, Sheriff's, Trump, Thomson Locations: Fulton, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County

☆ 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

☆ Sidney Powell agrees to testify in Georgia case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsSidney Powell agrees to testify in Georgia casePostedA former lawyer for Donald Trump on Thursday (October 19) pleaded guilty to aiding the former U.S. president's efforts to overturn his election defeat in the state of Georgia, agreeing to testify against him if called. Gabe Singer reports.

Persons: Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, Gabe Singer Locations: Georgia, U.S

Worries are growing about how much the turmoil could cost the global economy. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, hit a three-week high this on Fridayfears that a military escalation could disrupt already tight supplies. In a speech largely focused on inflation, interest rates and economic growth, Jay Powell, the central bank’s chair, warned on Thursday that “geopolitical tensions are highly elevated and pose important risks to global economic activity.”The Middle East is becoming a wild card for the global economy. That would probably sap growth but might also slow the economy enough to negate the need for an additional interest-rate increase. The measures were announced days after the U.S. imposed tighter restrictions on sales of more advanced semiconductors to China.

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☆ Sidney Powell Accepts Plea Deal in Trump’s Georgia Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Mariah Timms | Cameron Mcwhirter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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— Sidney Powell , a former legal adviser to Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges on Thursday in exchange for a sentence that means no jail time, agreeing to testify for the prosecution in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case against the former president and more than a dozen other defendants. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s August indictment alleged that Trump and 18 other co-defendants participated in a “criminal enterprise” to subvert the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao ATLANTA — Sidney Powell, Fani Willis’s, Trump Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

Trump and his co-defendants are accused of a wide-ranging scheme to reverse his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. No trial date has been set for Trump, who has pleaded not guilty, as have all but one of his co-defendants. The Georgia case is one of four federal or state criminal prosecutions Trump faces as he campaigns to retake the White House in 2024. He is also currently on trial in a civil case in New York that could dismantle pillars of his business empire. Convictions in the first trial could ratchet up pressure on other defendants to strike plea deals and potentially cooperate with prosecutors.

Persons: Donald Trump, Brendan McDermid, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Fani Willis, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Biden, “ It’s, ”, Harry Sandick, Chesebro, Powell, Chris Mattei, Willis, Judge Scott McAffee, Mattei, ” Sandick, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Trump, Fulton, Democrat, Republican, Prosecutors, White House, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York, U.S, Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia

Unlike federal prosecutors – who kept their indictments carefully restricted to easily understood and more provable infractions, with few co-defendants – Willis went big. Under the agreement, Powell entered a guilty plea in six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to intentionally interfere with the election in Georgia, a state that President Joe Biden won narrowly. And it's bad for Trump," O'Brien says. Trump once considered appointing Powell as a special counsel investigating election fraud in late 2020, after he lost the election. Her guilty plea, entered in a Fulton County courthouse Thursday, means Powell is formally acknowledging her role in attempting to subvert the election Trump lost.

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Sidney K. Powell, a member of Donald J. Trump’s legal team after he lost the 2020 election, pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to six misdemeanor counts instead of facing a criminal trial that was to begin next week. She was among 19 defendants, including Mr. Trump, who were indicted in August for their efforts to subvert the election results in Georgia. Ms. Powell, 68, who appeared in a downtown Atlanta courtroom, was sentenced to six years of probation for conspiracy to commit intentional interference of election duties. Prosecutors said in court that Ms. Powell had given them a recorded statement on Wednesday as part of her plea deal. Ms. Powell has also agreed to turn over documents in her possession related to the case.

Persons: Sidney K, Powell, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Prosecutors Locations: Georgia, Atlanta

[1/2] Attorney Sidney Powell speaks at a press conference on election results in Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S., December 2, 2020. The lawyer, Sidney Powell, pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties, a misdemeanor charge. Powell admitted to plotting to unlawfully access secure election machines in rural Coffee County in southeastern Georgia in January 2021. Powell was scheduled to be tried alongside Kenneth Chesebro, another lawyer who assisted Trump following the election. If Chesebro goes ahead with trial, Trump could gain a strategic advantage in preparing for his own upcoming Georgia trial, since his attorneys would get a preview of much of the case against him.

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☆ Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia criminal election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sidney Powell is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Atlanta, Aug. 23, 2023. Right-wing attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges stemming from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen other defendants. The first, bail bondsman Scott Hall, pleaded guilty in September to five misdemeanor conspiracy charges. Like Hall, Powell agreed to testify truthfully in upcoming trials involving other co-defendants in the case, including Trump. She was accused of being involved in a scheme to unlawfully breach election equipment in Coffee County, Georgia, and tamper with voting machines.

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☆ Sidney Powell: Former Trump attorney pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start. As part of her guilty plea, Powell is admitting her role in the January 2021 breach of election systems in rural Coffee County, Georgia. Bail bondsman Scott Hall last month pleaded guilty and agreed to testify at future trials. Legal jeopardy elsewhereBeyond the Georgia case, Powell is still facing legal headaches. She is an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal election subversion case that special counsel Jack Smith filed against Trump.

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☆ Release the 'Kraken': Sidney Powell just flipped on Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sidney Powell, a GOP lawyer who briefly represented Donald Trump, has flipped on the former president, striking a plea deal with Georgia prosecutors ahead of her trial on a slew of criminal charges. AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to court filings, Powell pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy to interfere with election duties. Powell's plea deal was announced at a court hearing on Thursday. As part of the agreement, she will also have to pay $2,700 in restitution to replace election equipment, as well as a $6,000 fine. AdvertisementAdvertisementPowell was set to go to trial on Monday, along with co-defendant and former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro.

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☆ Sidney Powell could finally be disbarred after pleading guilty, but she has a dark money org to fall back on
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump lawyer Sidney Powell has been subject to sanctions and an ongoing disbarment effort. A Texas legal ethics practitioner said this kind of case should lead to "automatic disbarment." Powell flipped on Donald Trump and pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts related to the 2020 election in Georgia on Friday morning. Bob Bennett, a Texas lawyer with experience defending other attorneys in disciplinary cases, believes she should finally be disbarred. Financial statements for the group say the only related-party transaction is paying an LLC owned by Powell $120,000 for rent.

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Sidney Powell, a former attorney for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Thursday morning in a sweeping racketeering case and will testify against the former president on charges that he attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Georgia. Powell in a downtown Atlanta courtroom pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts and was sentenced to six years probation. Powell also agreed in the recorded statement to testify against any of the remaining defendants and to hand over any documents in her possession related to the case. Powell’s guilty plea marks the second such plea in the 19-person racketeering case that District Attorney Fani Willis spent two years developing. Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, pleaded guilty last month and agreed to testify at future trials.

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☆ First co-defendant in Trump Georgia election case pleads guilty
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Scott Hall, one of 18 co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, pleaded guilty Friday to multiple criminal charges. Hall, a bail bondsman, is the first defendant in the case to plead guilty in the case. Hall, who pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts as part of a negotiated deal, will avoid spending time behind bars. Like all other defendants in the case, Hall had pleaded not guilty to the charges brought by Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis. But earlier Friday, an attorney for Hall submitted a court filing waiving his indictment in the case.

Persons: Scott, mugshot, Donald Trump, Scott Hall, Hall, Scott McAfee, Trump, Joe Biden's, Sidney Powell, Fani Willis, Willis Organizations: Sheriff's, U.S, Fulton County Superior Court, Trump, Atlanta District, Hall Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia's, Coffee County , Georgia

Washington CNN —In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. “We killed Herman Cain,” Meadows told Hutchinson and asked for his wife’s phone number. Unlike White House communications director Alyssa Farah, who resigned on December 3, 2020, or deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews, who left on January 6, 2021, Hutchinson remained. In the summer of 2017, Trump’s first year in office, Hutchinson was an intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s office. It turns out, Hutchinson writes, that she coordinated with Farah, who is now a CNN political commentator, telling her everything she knew.

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☆ Trump Georgia election juror names to be kept secret until trial ends, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee hears motions from attorneys representing Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell in Atlanta on Sept. 6, 2023. The identities of jurors for the Georgia election interference case of former President Donald Trump will be kept secret until the end of the trial, a judge ordered Monday. Those jurors "shall be identified by number only in court filings or in open court during the pendency of trial," Judge Scott McAfee wrote in the ruling in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta. Parties in the case are barred from disclosing the names, addresses, telephone numbers or identifying employment information of the jury or any prospective jurors, McAfee wrote. The judge's ruling follows violent threats made against officials in Fulton County, which prompted an FBI investigation.

Persons: Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, McAfee Organizations: Fulton County Superior Court, Trump Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Smartmatic implicated in alleged bribery scheme involving top Filipino election official
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Fox News and former President Donald Trump’s top allies over their false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election, was implicated in an alleged bribery scheme involving the former top election official in the Philippines, according to court filings obtained by CNN. The court documents indicate that the Justice Department has filed money laundering charges against former Filipino election administrator Andres Bautista – and that four executives from Smartmatic subsidiaries are implicated as uncharged co-conspirators. Bautista awarded $199 million in contracts to Smartmatic for about 94,000 voting machines and to handle the results of the Philippines’ presidential election in 2016. The new allegations of corrupt foreign dealings could boost the defense for Fox News and the other Trump allies currently fighting Smartmatic in court. The criminal complaint against Bautista doesn’t accuse Smartmatic of tampering with election results in the Philippines or any other jurisdiction.

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