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CNN pieced together who was involved in the email exchanges by examining court records from three separate cases stemming from the 2020 election. Baseless 2020 smearsSmartmatic has sued OAN, Powell, and other Trump allies and right-wing outlets, seeking billions of dollars in damages for their 2020 election lies. It’s unclear if the spreadsheet has any connections to the breach in rural Coffee County - which used software from Dominion Voting Systems, and not Smartmatic, in the 2020 election. One of its correspondents, who is also an attorney, even worked with Trump’s legal team to subvert the 2020 election results. The network, the two Herrings, and some of their on-air personalities are also being sued for defamation by Dominion, which was the target of similar 2020 election lies.
Persons: Trump, Sidney Powell, OAN, Smartmatic, , Powell, Charles Herring, Herring, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, “ OAN, , , Charles Babcock, Babcock, Erik Connolly, Trump’s, Robert Herring, Mike Lindell, Lindell, Charles, Lindell didn’t, Eric Coomer Organizations: CNN, America News, Smartmatic, Trump, OAN, Fox News, ” CNN, Dominion Voting Systems, Russian, Dominion, Lindell, DirecTV Locations: Philippines, Smartmatic, Coffee County, Coffee, Ukraine
Read previewDonald Trump's former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has suggested the former president has not paid some of his legal fees in a new bankruptcy filing. He listed a "possible claim for unpaid legal fees against Donald J. Trump" in response to a question about any potential outstanding claims but did not specify how much he might be owed. AdvertisementThe New York Times previously reported that Giuliani had repeatedly unsuccessfully appealed to Trump to pay his overdue legal fees. His recent efforts to raise money for legal fees resulted in him netting just $1 million from 13 donors. On Friday, a federal jury saddled Trump with $83.3 million in damages in the E. Jean Carroll's defamation trial against him.
Persons: , Donald Trump's, Rudy Giuliani, Donald J, Trump, Giuliani, Jean Carroll's Organizations: Service, Business, Court, Southern, of, New York Times, Trump, Voting Systems Locations: Georgia, York
A court filing shows that Giuliani owes more than $1.3 million to the law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron. The lawyer Robert Costello sued Giuliani in September for $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees dating to 2019. Giuliani had planned to raise some of his legal defense money at two of Trump's properties, Andrew Giuliani previously said. "Yes, I gave Rudy $100,000 for his legal defense PAC and I was happy to do so," Elizabeth Ailes told CNBC. And the real estate investment firm Probity International, which is run by Trump donor Robert Zarnegin, gave $35,000 to the Giuliani PAC.
Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's, Andrew Giuliani, Caryn Borland, Giuliani, Borland, Caryn Hildenbrand, Caryn, Hildenbrand, Michael, Trump, Mike Pence, Caryn Borland's, Joe Biden, Davidoff Hutcher, Citron, Robert Costello, Elizabeth Ailes, Roger Ailes, Rudy, Ailes, Newsmax, Roger, Elizabeth, Donald Trump, Lewis Topper, Robert Zarnegin, Arnold Gumowitz, Andrew Giuliani's, Matthew Martorano, Martorano Organizations: New York, U.S, CNBC, Living Trust, Trump, Internal Revenue Service, The New York Times, Giuliani, Voting Systems, Washington , D.C, PAC, Fox, Fox News, Businessman, Probity International, Giuliani PAC, Trump Save America Locations: Washington , U.S, del Mar , California, Georgia, Washington ,, Bedminster
Cohen already let the case proceed against Fox News — and on Wednesday, he rejected a request by Fox Corporation to throw out the claims against the parent company. The parent corporation had argued that it shouldn’t be involved in the defamation case because it only had general oversight of Fox News itself. The case is still in the discovery phase, with some major depositions taking place in the past month, including former Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch. The decision boosts Smartmatic’s case against the right-wing media behemoth. A similar 2020-related lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems was also allowed to proceed against Fox and its parent company.
Persons: David Cohen, Murdoch, Cohen, Fox, Smartmatic, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, ” Smartmatic, ” Cohen, , defaming, , Erik Connolly, Rupert Murdoch, cravenly, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, couldn’t, ” Fox Organizations: CNN, Fox Corporation, Fox News, Manhattan, Fox ) Corp, Fox Corp, Fox, Dominion Voting Systems, Trump, Wednesday, Smartmatic, Locations: New York, York, Florida
How Group Chats Rule the World
  + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Sophie Haigney | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +6 min
We often get glimpses of such group chats in court filings, the familiar blue-and-white bubbles of iMessage screenshotted and laid out as evidence. I know of a group chat in which, among other things, a group of successful men trade investment tips and even function sometimes as a de facto investment group. You have to wonder what was being said in this “200+ tech founders” group chat before the bank run. The dynamics of group chats — who is in them, who is not — might seem like the adult version of kids’ jockeying for a lunch table. One of my favorite group chats, now defunct, was among me and two friends I was suddenly becoming closer to.
Persons: I’m, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, he’d, ” Ingraham, , , people’s, Sam Bankman, Fried, , , someone’s Organizations: Systems, Fox News, Trump, MSNBC, Australian Financial, Valley Bank, Twitter, Spotify Locations: Hayes Valley
The departure of Election Assistance Commission executive director Steven Frid, confirmed by the agency on Tuesday, comes just as voting begins in the U.S. presidential election. Frid held the position for less than a year and was the agency’s third executive director in three years. The EAC's chief information officer will serve as acting executive director while a search for a permanent replacement is underway, the EAC commissioners said in a statement. The executive director, along with the general counsel, are the agency’s top two staff positions and have experienced heavy turnover since 2019. The EAC now heads into a major election year without an executive director or general counsel.
Persons: Steven Frid, Frid, chad ” Organizations: U.S, EAC, U.S . Department of, Secret Service, U.S . Coast Guard, Personnel Management, Help, Associated Press, AP Locations: Florida
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's new president, Bernardo Arévalo, was left with huge challenges Monday after he was finally sworn into office, including his party's lack of recognition in a Congress where he would not have a majority anyway. “There cannot be democracy without social justice, and social justice cannot prevail without democracy,” Arévalo said in his first speech as president, referring to the young and Indigenous Guatemalans. It was an important gesture by Arévalo, who was criticized last week for including only one Indigenous person in his Cabinet. A progressive academic-turned-politician and son of a Guatemalan president credited with implementing key social reforms in the mid-20th century, Arévalo made confronting Guatemala’s entrenched corruption his main campaign pledge. Outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei, who was widely criticized for eroding the country’s democratic institutions, did not attend the inauguration.
Persons: , Bernardo Arévalo, Arévalo, General Consuelo Porras, ” Arévalo, Porras, Guatemala’s, , , Alejandro Giammattei, Arévalo's, Manuel Perez, ” Prosecutors, Washington, Antony Blinken Organizations: GUATEMALA CITY, Attorney, Lawmakers, Central, la Constitucion, Guatemalan, , Arévalo’s, Prosecutors, Seed, European Union, Organization of American, U.S Locations: GUATEMALA, Guatemala, Central American, U.S, America
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow chief executive and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said Friday that Fox News has stopped running his company's commercials, disputing the network's assertion that it is simply because he hasn't paid his bills. Lindell went public by tweeting that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow's biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. Several big-box retailers, including Walmart, have discontinued his products, and lawyers who were defending him against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies quit. In an interview with The Associated Press, Lindell acknowledged that MyPillow owes money to Fox. He said MyPillow has long spent an average of $1 million a week to run its ads on Fox.
Persons: , Mike Lindell, hasn't, Lindell, Fox, Donald Trump’s, ” Fox, Irena Briganti, MyPillow, Lou Dobbs, Trump, Dobbs, , it's, , Organizations: Fox News, Fox, Walmart, , Associated Press, Fox Business, Systems, Dominion Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota
New York CNN —Tucker Carlson’s top producer, who left Fox News along with the far-right host to work on his X show, is accused of sexually assaulting a former colleague in an alleged incident that occurred more than a decade ago. Andrew Delancey, a former Fox News employee, filed a lawsuit against Justin Wells, the former executive producer of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” accusing him of sexual assault and harassment in 2008 when Delancey moved to New York for a job with Fox News’ affiliate video service. In the lawsuit, Delancey alleges that he was befriended by Wells who told Delancey he could help him “learn the ropes” of the right-wing cable network. At the time Wells was a producer for Greta Van Susteren’s Fox News show. Fox fired Carlson in April and canceled his program during the fallout from the $787 million lawsuit settlement between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.
Persons: New York CNN — Tucker Carlson’s, Andrew Delancey, Justin Wells, “ Tucker Carlson, Delancey, Wells, , Greta Van Susteren’s, Wells “, , Alfredo Pelicci, Fox ”, Fox, Harmeet Dhillon, ” Wells “, ” Dhillon, you’ve, ” Tucker Carlson, Pelicci, ” Fox News didn’t, Abby Grossberg, Rogers Ailes, Bill O’Reilly, Carlson Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fox News, New York State, Fox Corporation, Greta Van Susteren’s Fox, Fox, CNN, ” Fox News, Voting Systems Locations: New York, Wells, Tampa
Tennis - US Open - Mens Final - New York, U.S. - September 10, 2017 - Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox Corp, stands before Rafael Nadal of Spain plays against Kevin Anderson of South Africa. Florida-based Smartmatic is seeking damages from Fox Corp, Fox News and five individuals: Rudolph Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who were lawyers for Republican former President Donald Trump; and Fox hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. But by establishing that he was involved in making decisions about Fox's coverage, Smartmatic would have a better chance of proving that Fox Corp is liable. In order to prevail in a defamation case, Smartmatic must prove that Fox knowingly spread false information or recklessly disregarded the truth, the standard known as "actual malice." Fox Corp and Fox News in April settled for $787.5 million another defamation lawsuit, brought by voting technology firm Dominion Voting Systems.
Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Rafael Nadal, Kevin Anderson of, Mike Segar, Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Rudolph Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Smartmatic, Joe Biden, Fox, Fox's, Helen Coster, Jack Queen, Will Dunham Organizations: Fox Corp, News Corp, Fox . Representatives, Fox News, Republican, Fox, Trump . Fox, Smartmatic, U.S, Voting, Dominion, Thomson Locations: York, U.S, Kevin Anderson of South Africa, Los Angeles, Florida, New York, American
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 10, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Rupert Murdoch is being deposed Tuesday as part of the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox Corp. by the voting technology company Smartmatic, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC. It is the second time this year that Murdoch, 92, has been deposed in a high-stakes defamation lawsuit accusing Fox News of airing damaging lies about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Fox paid $787.5 million to settle Dominion's lawsuit, nearly half of the $1.6 billion figure initially demanded by the voting company. Murdoch officially stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp. earlier this month, putting his son Lachlan in charge of both.
Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Donald Trump, Fox, Joe Biden, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Lachlan, Brian Nick, CNBC's Organizations: News Corp, Century Fox, Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, Fox Corp, CNBC, Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems, Fox, Trump, New York Supreme Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, Los Angeles, New York, York
CNN —Rupert Murdoch is set to be deposed on Tuesday in voting technology company Smartmatic’s mammoth $2.7 billion election defamation lawsuit against Fox News, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Murdoch founded Fox News and served as executive chairman of Fox Corporation, Fox News’ parent company, until earlier this month, when the 92-year-old media baron transitioned to chairman emeritus, crowning his son Lachlan as king of his media empire. A spokesperson for Fox Corporation declined to comment, though the company has consistently said it plans to vigorously fight the lawsuit. Smartmatic filed its lawsuit against Fox Corporation in 2021 after it was swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. In April, Fox Corporation reached a historic $787 million settlement in a similar election lies case filed by another voting technology company, Dominion Voting Systems.
Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Lachlan, Smartmatic, Donald Trump, Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Reuters, Fox Corporation, New York State, , Dominion Voting Systems Locations: Los Angeles, New York
CNN —The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting more than 290,000 votes, is the Australasian crested grebe, better known as the pūteketeke or the ‘puking’ bird championed by comedian and talk show host John Oliver. This 2022 photo supplied by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society shows puteketeke at Lake Ellesmere, south of Christchurch in New Zealand. To help spread the message and raise awareness, Oliver bought up billboards in New Zealand, Japan and the state of Wisconsin. “No bird on earth is more deserving of Bird of the Century than this one,” Oliver said on his show. “They are weird puking birds with colourful mullets.
Persons: John Oliver, , , “ We’re, “ Pūteketeke, Peter Foulds, Young pūteketeke, Oliver, ” Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, What’s Organizations: CNN, Zealand’s, HBO, Royal, Bird Protection Society, AP, Wings Locations: kea, Lake Ellesmere, Christchurch, New Zealand, Royal, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Wisconsin
CNN —Lachlan Murdoch is stepping onto center stage. On Wednesday, his father, Rupert Murdoch, officially stepped down as chairman of News Corporation, the print publishing arm of the billionaire mogul’s powerful media empire, marking the end of an era. In his final remarks on Wednesday to the News Corporation board as chairman, Murdoch hit on a number of topics. His profile rose when he took on the role of executive chairman in 2015 at what was then 21st Century Fox. But Lachlan, whose Fox News has refrained from openly skewering the GOP frontrunner, has never made such comments in public.
Persons: Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, Rupert, Murdoch, Evan Gershkovich, , Lachlan, ” Rupert, James Murdoch, Fox, Donald Trump, Trump, hasn’t, Jim Rutenberg, , “ Will Lachlan, ” Rutenberg, “ Murdoch, Will Lachlan Organizations: CNN, News Corporation, Fox Corporation, Fox News, Century Fox, Disney, Fox, GOP, Australian, Voting, The New York Times Locations: Russia, Lachlan, Australia, Americas
Tucker Carlson tore into modern corporate work culture in a recent interview. "I just so hate that culture that treats people like they're not people," he said. AdvertisementFormer Fox News host Tucker Carlson tore into modern work culture in a recent interview, saying that it "treats people like they're not people." Advertisement"Did I just find myself agreeing with Tucker Carlson?????" "Who is this and what has he done with Tucker Carlson?"
Persons: Tucker Carlson, Carlson, , Theo Von, Von, tucker Carlson, Tucker Organizations: Fox, Service, Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems, Dominion
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Fox News reporter says in a lawsuit he was targeted and fired for pushing back against false claims about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A spokeswoman for Fox News did not immediately return an email message seeking comment on the lawsuit. Donner also debunked Tucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge," a program on the Fox Nation streaming service that argued Jan. 6 was used as a pretext for persecution of conservative Americans. The lawsuit was first filed in Washington’s Superior Court Sept. 27 and subsequently moved to federal court. Fox also faced a lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems and paid nearly $800 million this year to settle the case alleging that Fox knowingly promoted false conspiracy theories about the security of its voting machines.
Persons: , Jason Donner, , Donald Trump, Donner, Trump, , “ you’re, Tucker Carlson’s, Jan, Fox, Abby Grossberg Organizations: WASHINGTON, Fox News, U.S, Capitol, Fox Nation, Fox, Republican, Dominion Voting Systems, Dominion, Trump Locations: Washington’s
The electronic voting system the state uses, which was purchased from Dominion Voting Systems in 2019 and implemented statewide in 2020, has been the subject of outlandish conspiracy theories. When it was initially filed in 2017, it targeted the paperless touchscreen voting machines that Georgia had been using for 15 years. It was then amended to challenge the election system the state bought in 2019, with claims that the new system has similar vulnerabilities. At the upcoming trial, the plaintiffs have “a heavy burden to establish a constitutional violation” connected to the voting system, she wrote. “We look forward to presenting our full evidence at trial and obtaining critical relief for Georgia voters,” said David Cross, an attorney for some of the individual voters.
Persons: Amy Totenberg, Totenberg, , Brad Raffensperger, Alex Halderman, Gabriel Sterling, David Cross, SEB, Marilyn Marks, Raffensperger, ” Marks Organizations: ATLANTA, U.S, Coalition, Good, Georgia, Dominion Voting Systems, Dominion, Trump, Fox News, University of Michigan Locations: Georgia, Coffee County
Election workers process ballots after polls closed for the U.S. midterm elections at the tabulation center at Cobb County Elections and Registration Center in Marietta, Georgia, U.S., November 8, 2022. WASHINGTON — Physical and cyber threats against election workers are driving people away from the industry, potentially endangering the ability of states to conduct off-year elections like those on Tuesday, and the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Some election experts and secretaries of state said the threats have trended upward since former President Donald Trump and his allies allegedly attempted to undermine, then overthrow, the results of the 2020 presidential election. Witnesses urged senators to invest in protections for election workers ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In recent years, election officials have endured death threats, online harassment and other abusive behavior, according to the Brennan Center.
Persons: Sen, Amy Klobuchar, Adrian Fontes, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Howard, Brennan, Laphonza Butler Organizations: U.S, Administration, Justice Department, Force, Associated Press, Brennan Center for Justice Locations: Cobb County, Marietta , Georgia, U.S, WASHINGTON, Arizona, D
ATLANTA (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers continued to press Wednesday for changes to protect Georgia's voting system from security weaknesses, but a deputy to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger accused them of acting in bad faith and promoting lies that Georgia's 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. The dispute with some Republicans in the state Senate stems from vulnerabilities in Dominion Voting Systems equipment identified by J. Alex Halderman, an expert witness in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Georgia’s election system. However, they say it's impractical to update all 40,000 electronic voting machines and scanners statewide before the 2024 election cycle begins. Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Max Burns, a Sylvania Republican, said at the end of the hearing he wanted to see changes. Fueling interest in voting changes are Republican Party activists who say that Georgia's 16 electoral votes were stolen from Trump in 2020.
Persons: Brad Raffensperger, Donald Trump, J, Alex Halderman, Halderman, he's, Gabriel Sterling, We’re, Sterling, , Sen, Brandon Beach, Greg Dolezal, we’re, ” Dolezal, Max Burns, Burns, Raffensperger, Randy Robertson, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, Giuliani, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, Ray Smith, Robert Cheeley, Ellis, Steve Gooch, Dahlonega —, Sidney Powell Organizations: ATLANTA, Republican, Voting Systems, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, Cumming Republican, Dominion, Sylvania Republican, Rotary Club, Republican Party, Trump Locations: U.S, Brandon, Fulton, Beach, Georgia
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
Tucker Carlson media company signs its first ad deal
  + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's new media company has officially signed its first advertising deal. Preliminary details of the agreement between Carlson's new media company and PublicSq. Carlson's new company is named Last Country, according to The Wall Street Journal. Carlson's departure from Fox News came after the network's parent company settled Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million. Since it went public, PublicSq.
Persons: Tucker, Michael Seifert, Carlson, Seifert, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nick Ayers, Mike Pence, Former U.S . Sen, Kelly Loeffler, Neil Patel, Patel, Omeed Malik, Malik Organizations: Fox News, CNBC, PublicSq, New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, Twitter, Republican, Systems, Former U.S ., U.S . Chamber of Commerce, Amazon, Chamber of Commerce, Colombier Locations: PublicSq, Capital
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
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.
Persons: Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, Powell, Trump, Bail bondsman Scott, , They’ve, , Elie Honig, you’re, Honig, Misty Hampton, Hampton, Judge McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, Jack Smith Organizations: CNN, GOP, Trump, Trump . Fulton, Voting Systems Corporation, ” CNN, “ News, Dominion Voting Systems Locations: Georgia, Coffee County , Georgia, Fulton, Venezuela, Coffee
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.
Persons: Trump, Sidney Powell, , Sidney Powell's, Powell, Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Bob Bennett, Biden, Renee Knake Jefferson, Sidney, Bennett, Claire Reynolds, disbar Powell, DTR, it's Organizations: Service, Biden's, Trump, University of Houston Law, US, Office, Western, Western District of, Texas Office, Voting Systems, Washington Post Locations: Texas, Republic, Georgia, Fulton County, Michigan, Wisconsin, Western District, Western District of Texas, Florida
[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.
Persons: Sidney Powell, Elijah Nouvelage, Donald Trump, Trump, Powell, Joe Biden, Powell's, Fani Willis, Prosecutors, Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, Andrew Goudsward, Kanishka Singh, Scott Malone, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Trump, Democratic, Fulton, Voting Systems, Thomson Locations: Alpharetta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County , Georgia, Coffee, Fulton County, Coffee County
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