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☆ Trump Georgia election case judge will issue protective order for evidence after media leak
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Georgia judge said Wednesday he will issue a protective order barring the public release of sensitive evidence exchanged between prosecutors and lawyers representing former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in their election interference criminal cases in that state. "Until we decide what's going to be relevant and admissible, this case should be tried and not in the court of public opinion," said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee at a hearing on the proposed order. At Wednesday's hearing, the attorney Jonathan Miller, who is representing the defendant Misty Hampton, told McAfee that he gave the videos to "one media outlet." Miller said the public had the right to know what the four co-defendants had told the Fulton County District Attorney's Office, arguing that the statements they made "help my client." ABC News had first reported statements that Ellis and Powell made in their so-called proffer videos, while The Washington Post first reported statements made by Chesbro and bail bondsman Scott Hall in their own proffer sessions.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott McAfee, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jonathan Miller, Misty Hampton, McAfee, Miller, Ellis, Powell, Chesbro, Scott Hall Organizations: Attorney's Office, ABC, The Washington Post Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

New details unearthed in snippets of recorded interviews with four of Donald Trump’s co-defendants who pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case spell trouble for the former president and others indicted in the sprawling racketeering scheme. The confidential taped proffers with Fulton County prosecutors were leaked on Monday to ABC News and The Washington Post. “Whether you're talking about racketeering or you're talking about a drug conspiracy, the same principles always apply,” Copeland says. A lot of times the state looks bottom up – the smaller fish will talk about the bigger fish. “In this particular case, it really is an interesting assortment of folks who have come forward, especially from the attorneys' part,” she adds.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Scott Hall, Fani Willis, ”, Amy Lee Copeland, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Powell, Chesebro, Joe Biden, Ellis, Dan Scavino, we’re, ’ ” Ellis, “ Ms, that’s, ” Copeland, Ellis ’, ’, Willis, We've, it's, Bob Chealy, “, codefendants, ” Willis Organizations: ABC News, The Washington Post, Trump, White Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Savannah, Arizona, Powell , Georgia, Coffee County

☆ Jenna Ellis' testimony about 'the boss' not wanting to leave office could be 'game over' for Trump, legal analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Katherine Tangalakis Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis said an advisor told her the president would not leave his post. AdvertisementAdvertisementA recent testimony from former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis could prove fatal to Donald Trump's defense, a legal analyst told CNN . Per Ellis, during the December 19 Christmas party, she had told Scavino that their cause was "essentially over." And he said 'Well, the boss', meaning President Trump — and everyone understood 'the boss,' that's what we all called him — he said, 'The boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. AdvertisementAdvertisementRepresentatives for Powell, Scavino, Trump, and Ellis did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, CNN Ellis, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Ellis, Sidney Powell, Dan Scavino, Per Ellis, Scavino, we're, Trump —, Ryan Goodman, Powell Organizations: Trump, CNN, Service, ABC News, Fulton, White, Department of Defense, Just Locations: Georgia

☆ Fulton County prosecutors ask for emergency seal of evidence after video leak in election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Nick Valencia | Jason Morris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Portions of proffer videos – the legal term for videotaped conversations some of Trump’s co-defendants had with prosecutors – were leaked to several news outlets on Monday. The Fulton County district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment about the emergency protective order or leaked videos. The videos provide some new details about efforts by those close to Trump to reverse the election in his favor. In the months since the motion, the district attorney’s office did not follow up to ask for an official ruling. “Instead, defendants must come to the District Attorney’s Office to view confidential video recordings of proffers.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump’s, –, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, bondsman Scott Hall, Fani Willis, Harrison Floyd’s, ” Todd Harding, Harding, Ellis, Dan Scavino, Trump, ’, ’ ” Ellis, Powell, Chesebro, “, ” Powell Organizations: Atlanta CNN, ABC News, The Washington Post, Trump, Fulton, White, Office Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Trump, Arizona, Fulton

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, former President Donald J. Trump planned to refuse to leave the White House “under any circumstances” despite losing at the polls, a longtime Trump aide told one of the lawyers who is cooperating with prosecutors in Atlanta as part of a plea agreement. The lawyer, Jenna Ellis, described the aide’s statement during an interview with the district attorney’s office in Fulton County, Ga., parts of which were obtained and published on Monday by ABC News. Such interviews, known as proffer statements, have been conducted with Ms. Ellis and three other defendants who reached plea agreements in the Georgia election interference case against Mr. Trump and more than a dozen of his allies. ABC obtained excerpts from the interviews with Ms. Ellis and Sidney Powell, another lawyer indicted in the case.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Sidney Powell Organizations: Trump, ABC News, ABC Locations: Atlanta, Fulton County ,, Georgia

☆ Former Trump aide Mark Meadows sued by publisher over 'stolen' election claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"If such media reports are accurate, Meadows testified under oath that his Book contains known falsehoods," Meadows' publisher All Seasons Press says in its suit in Sarasota County court in Florida. Instead, Meadows "chose to emphasize events from the 2020 presidential election through the January 6th Attack." "One of the Book's primary theses is that President Trump was the true winner of the 2020 Presidential Election and that the election was stolen by President Biden through widespread election fraud," the suit says. In another part of the book, Meadows wrote that Trump was "absolutely correct" in claiming that he did not lose the election. A day after that report, CBS News reported that Meadows was "extensively cooperating with" Smith's election interference probe of Trump.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Trump, Meadows, Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Smith, George Terwilliger, Joe Biden, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Biden, didn't, Smith's, Terwilliger Organizations: White House, Washington , D.C, Seasons Press, Justice, Trump, U.S . Capitol, ASP, White, ABC News, ABC, CBS News, CBS, CNBC PRO Locations: FreedomWorks, Washington ,, Sarasota County, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia's, United States

☆ Developments in Trump’s galaxy of legal problems, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Zachary Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Try to keep track of the galaxy of former President Donald Trump’s legal problems. The trial marks the first of Trump’s criminal cases expected to proceed. Federal criminal court in Florida: Mishandling classified materialTrump has pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges brought by Smith over his alleged mishandling of classified documents. A federal judge threw out the lawsuit in November 2022. A New York judge dismissed The New York Times from Trump’s lawsuit regarding disclosure of his tax returns and ordered Trump to pay the newspaper’s legal fees.

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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

☆ Judge shuts down Fox bid to look for links between George Soros and Smartmatic
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice David B. Cohen rejected Fox Corp. and Fox News’ attempts to subpoena George Soros, his son Alex Soros, and their philanthropic organization Open Society Foundation (OSF) for documents related to the election defamation case. Fox argued that Alex and George Soros, as well as OSF, possess material necessary to the network’s defense in the defamation trial. The documentation, Fox argued, would establish a connection between George Soros and Smartmatic. “I base that on the finding that the crux of Smartmatic’s claims is that Fox has asserted they were part of rigging [the election], not that Smartmatic was affiliated with George Soros, Alex Soros, or the OSF,” Cohen said. “We’re interested in the closeness of the relationship, what Soros has done for Smartmatic over time,” Marks said.

Persons: George Soros, David B, Cohen, Fox News ’, Alex Soros, Soros, Fox, Alex, Smartmatic, ” Cohen, “, ”, ” Smartmatic, George, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, Sidney Powell, ” Aaron Marks, Mark Malloch, Brown, Giuliani, Powell, “ We’re, ” Marks, Marks, Benjamin McCallen, “ They’re, ” McCallen Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Manhattan, Fox Corp, Open Society Foundation, OSF, Fox, New, Soros, Trump Locations: York, Smartmatic, New York

Former President Donald Trump faces a key week ahead, and yet again the drama won’t be on the campaign trail but in the courtroom as the GOP front-runner’s children prepare to testify before a judge. Ivanka Trump was initially listed as a co-defendant, but a New York appeals court dismissed that status, finding that the claims against her were too old. Chutkan had imposed a narrow gag order on Trump earlier this month, barring him from making public statements targeting prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses. But she paused the gag order to allow Trump’s defense team time to argue why his speech should not be restricted. The ACLU has sided with Trump, arguing that the gag order is a violation of First Amendment free speech protections.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, –, Letitia James, shouldn’t, Engoron, Trump, who’s, Michael Cohen, Tanya Chutkan, I’m, Chutkan, Jack Smith, Smith, Mark Meadows, ”, Obama, TRUMP, ” Trump, Fani Willis, Trump’s, Sidney Powell, Jenna Willis, Kenneth Chesebro, Rudy Giulliani, he’d Organizations: GOP, Trump, Trump Organization, New York, Donald Trump View, The New, Justice, Capitol, ACLU, ABC News, White House, TRUMP Locations: Manhattan, New York, The New York, who’s, Georgia’s Fulton County, United States

☆ 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

☆ 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.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Jack Smith's, Mark Bederow, it's, Cassidy Hutchinson, Meadows, Brad Raffensperger, Bederow, Mike Pence, Pence, MAGA expats, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro —, Fani Willis, Willis, Georgia's, Ellis, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, There's, Michael Cohen, Cohen, spiller Organizations: White House, Service, Trump . ABC News, Bloomberg, Trump, Republican, Georgia, Capitol, New York Locations: Manhattan, Meadows, Washington, DC, Fulton County

☆ 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

(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

“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

☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ 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.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Trump, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, “, ”, Powell, Chesebro, David Becker, Becker, Republicans –, –, Tom Emmer, Joe Biden, Jim Jordan of, Jordan, Emmer, Trump's, Team Trump, Michael Cohen, Cohen, ” “, it’s, ” Trump, Mark Meadows, Meadows, Jack Smith, Smith, Norman Eisen, Sidney Powell –, That’s, Bunny, Amy Lee Copeland, Rouse, Copeland, ” Copeland Organizations: Trump, Donald Trump View, Election Innovation, Research, D.C, Hill, Republicans, Team, New, ABC News, ABC Locations: Georgia, New York, Georgia’s Fulton County, New York City, Washington, Minnesota, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Meadows, Savannah , Georgia

☆ 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

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

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, —

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