The Chesebro and Powell Guilty Pleas Torch Trump’s Planned Defense
1 year, 2 months ago

The Chesebro and Powell Guilty Pleas Torch Trump’s Planned Defense

Slate  

On Friday, Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false documents in the Fulton County 2020 election conspiracy case, becoming the second high-level Donald Trump co-defendant to become a state’s witness in two days. With the guilty plea and cooperation deal Georgia prosecutors struck on Thursday with Team Trump attorney Sidney Powell, Chesebro’s plea deal should be viewed as an earthquake in the case against Trump. Chesebro’s testimony, meanwhile, implicates one of the key portions of the conspiracy both in Georgia and in the federal Jan. 6 case against Trump, specifically the efforts to create a slate of “false electors” to use during the Jan. 6 electoral count to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Related From Slate Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal Is So, So Bad for Donald Trump That the significant cooperation under discussion involves four of Trump’s attorneys underscores the reality that the former president’s regularly touted defense that he was relying on the good-faith guidance of his attorneys during the attempted coup was, and is, nothing more than self-serving fantasy.

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Former Trump campaign lawyer fails to invalidate guilty plea in Georgia election case
1 week, 4 days ago

Former Trump campaign lawyer fails to invalidate guilty plea in Georgia election case

Raw Story  

Judge Scott McAfee has denied an effort by one of Donald Trump's former lawyers to withdraw his guilty plea. After Trump won the 2024 election, Ken Chesebro sought to "invalidate" his plea agreement with the court. However, on Friday, the judge rejected the bid, calling it “procedurally defective in more ways than one.” "The Defendant has already submitted a plea …

Judge rejects an attempt by Trump campaign lawyer to invalidate guilty plea in Georgia election case
1 week, 4 days ago

Judge rejects an attempt by Trump campaign lawyer to invalidate guilty plea in Georgia election case

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Friday rejected an attempt by former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro to invalidate his guilty plea. His lawyer t his month asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to invalidate the plea after McAfee in September tossed out the charge to which he …

Former Trump Campaign Lawyer Wants To Invalidate Guilty Plea In Georgia Election Case
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Former Trump Campaign Lawyer Wants To Invalidate Guilty Plea In Georgia Election Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ATLANTA — Former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the Georgia 2020 election meddling case against the president-elect and others, is trying to invalidate that plea. His lawyer on Wednesday asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to invalidate the plea after McAfee in September tossed out the charge …

Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — President-elect Donald Trump is trying to get the Georgia election interference case against him dismissed, asserting that the state’s courts will not have jurisdiction over him once he returns to the White House next month. Trump’s attorneys on Wednesday filed a notice with the Georgia Court of Appeals saying a sitting president is “completely immune from indictment or …

'Spare me': New documents show Trump lawyer's failed effort to garner GOP support in 2020
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Spare me': New documents show Trump lawyer's failed effort to garner GOP support in 2020

Raw Story  

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has executed search warrants on Google and X and obtained hundreds of files related to the state's probe into the effort to subvert the 2020 election, according to a new report. Nine months ago, the state's fake electors were charged with forgery and other crimes for signing certificates that falsely claimed former President Donald Trump …

Trump claims he didn’t have ‘fair notice’ that Georgia actions could be illegal
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump claims he didn’t have ‘fair notice’ that Georgia actions could be illegal

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Attorneys for Donald Trump claim that the former president didn’t …

Read Trump ally Sidney Powell's VERY brief apology letter for election
1 year ago

Read Trump ally Sidney Powell's VERY brief apology letter for election

Daily Mail  

Two of the attorneys who worked to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election and pleaded guilty in the Georgia RICO case have written an apology as part of their plea deal - with the feeble letters only one sentence long. Neither letter acknowledges the legitimacy of Joe Biden's win in Georgia's 2020 election nor denounces the baseless conspiracy theories …

Read Sidney Powell's VERY brief apology letter for election interference: Trump ally scrawls THIRTEEN-WORD handwritten note saying sorry for her role in Georgia RICO case - while Kenneth Chesebro mana
1 year ago

Read Sidney Powell's VERY brief apology letter for election interference: Trump ally scrawls THIRTEEN-WORD handwritten note saying sorry for her role in Georgia RICO case - while Kenneth Chesebro mana

Daily Mail  

Two of the attorneys who worked to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election and pleaded guilty in the Georgia RICO case have written an apology as part of their plea deal - with the feeble letters only one sentence long. Kenneth Chesebro was one of the masterminds of the strategy Sidney Powell's one-sentence letter, written as part of her …

Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence long
1 year ago

Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence long

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The apology letters that Donald Trump-allied lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro were required to write as a condition of their plea deals in the Georgia election interference case are just one sentence long. “I apologize for my actions in connection with the events in Coffee County,” Powell wrote in a letter dated Oct. 19, the same day …

Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?
1 year, 2 months ago

Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Sidney Powell was present for a now-infamous December 2020 meeting at the White House where participants hatched far-fetched schemes to keep Donald Trump in power and was so tied to the then-president that he once considered naming her a special counsel to probe claims of election fraud. That’s a generous resolution for defendants alleged to have played significant …

Ex-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in efforts to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia
1 year, 2 months ago

Ex-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in efforts to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia

India TV News  

Former lawyer of ex-US President Donald Trump and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections in Georgia, becoming the fourth defendant to enter the plea deal. Accusations against Ellis Ellis is accused of helping plans on how to disrupt and delay congressional certification of the 2020 …

Trump mocked for denying Sidney Powell was his lawyer post-guilty plea
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump mocked for denying Sidney Powell was his lawyer post-guilty plea

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On 15 November 2020, Mr Trump wrote on what was then called Twitter that …

Opinion: Why the Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell guilty pleas are so dire for Donald Trump
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Why the Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell guilty pleas are so dire for Donald Trump

LA Times  

On Friday, lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony charge for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Chesebro’s guilty plea — and Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s guilty plea to six misdemeanor counts in the same case on Thursday — are extremely valuable to Fulton County Dist. According to CNN, Chesebro has now “ implicated Trump in …

'Was not my attorney, and never was': Trump melts down on Sidney Powell over plea deal
1 year, 2 months ago

'Was not my attorney, and never was': Trump melts down on Sidney Powell over plea deal

Raw Story  

It took a few days but Donald Trump finally got around to addressing news that Sidney Powell accepted a plea deal in the Georgia racketeering case where he is one of the 19 co-defendants. On Sunday morning in a Truth Social post, where he once again misspelled "stolen" as "stollen," the former president also insisted, "MS. POWELL WAS NOT MY …

'A nervous person': Ex-GOP strategist says Trump is rattled by new plea deals
1 year, 2 months ago

'A nervous person': Ex-GOP strategist says Trump is rattled by new plea deals

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is a nervous wreck after two of his former attorneys pleaded guilty in the Georgia criminal case that has also ensnared the ex-president, according to a former GOP strategist on Saturday. Conspiracy-spouting lawyer Sidney Powell and fellow MAGA attorney Kenneth Chesebro recently pleaded guilty in the election conspiracy case being prosecuted by Fani Willis. Appearing on MSNBC's Ayman …

Trump lawyer's guilty plea leaves him open to new criminal charges across the U.S.: Expert
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump lawyer's guilty plea leaves him open to new criminal charges across the U.S.: Expert

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's former legal adviser Kenneth Chesebro could have opened himself up to new criminal charges around the country by taking a plea deal in the Georgia election racketeering case, according to an expert. Chesebro followed fellow lawyer Sidney Powell in pleading guilty and agreeing to work with prosecutors in their election interference case against Trump and his remaining co-defendants. …

Trump-allied attorney Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump-allied attorney Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case

The Independent  

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Kenneth Chesebro, former Trump lawyer, strikes plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia election case
1 year, 2 months ago

Kenneth Chesebro, former Trump lawyer, strikes plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia election case

Daily Mail  

Kenneth Chesebro, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, has struck a plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia in where the former president and others have been charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election. Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors Chesebro was indicted just over two months ago along with Trump and 17 others, and accused of …

Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia election case deal
1 year, 2 months ago

Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia election case deal

Raw Story  

Kenneth Chesebro, one of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case, has agreed to plead guilty, according to reports. The conservative attorney and alleged architect of the "fake electors" scheme reached an agreement with prosecutors shortly before jury selection was set to begin in his Fulton County trial Friday, Lawfare's Anna Bower reported. Chesebro becomes the third Trump …

Jury selection will begin in the first trial in the Georgia election case against Trump and others
1 year, 2 months ago

Jury selection will begin in the first trial in the Georgia election case against Trump and others

Firstpost  

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro was indicted just over two months ago along with Trump and 17 others. Two of those others - including Sidney Powell, who was supposed to go on trial with Chesebro - have already pleaded guilty to reduced charges, and no trial date has been set Jury selection is set to begin Friday for the first defendant to …

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia
1 year, 2 months ago

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia. Asked if Trump should be worried about any testimony Chesebro might offer, Grubman said, “I don’t think so.” Chesebro, …

Lawyer Chesebro, who authored fake-elector memos, pleads guilty in Georgia case
1 year, 2 months ago

Lawyer Chesebro, who authored fake-elector memos, pleads guilty in Georgia case

NPR  

Lawyer Chesebro, who authored fake-elector memos, pleads guilty in Georgia case Enlarge this image toggle caption Alyssa Pointer/Pool/Getty Images Alyssa Pointer/Pool/Getty Images Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who authored memos detailing how Republicans could send false slates of presidential electors to Congress, has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case that charged him and 18 others. Chesebro pleaded guilty Friday …

Trump blindsided by Powell guilty plea — and her “sweetheart deal” is ringing alarm bells: reports
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump blindsided by Powell guilty plea — and her “sweetheart deal” is ringing alarm bells: reports

Salon  

MAGA attorney Sidney Powell’s guilty plea blindsided TrumpWorld on Thursday, raising concerns that she will testify against former President Donald Trump. Powell, who played a key role in Trump’s post-2020 election legal battles and pushed a bizarre conspiracy theory alleging voting machines flipped votes from Trump to President Joe Biden in a plot involving deceased Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and …

Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal Is So, So Bad for Donald Trump
1 year, 2 months ago

Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal Is So, So Bad for Donald Trump

Slate  

On Thursday, Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor election interference charges in Fulton County, Georgia, becoming the highest-level figure to admit guilt in the vast conspiracy to try to overturn the 2020 election. Given her history of flamboyant statements and conspiracy theories, former special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee Norman L. Eisen notes that “the jury is literally out …

'Devastating for Trump': Legal analysts expect others to follow Sidney Powell to plea deal
1 year, 2 months ago

'Devastating for Trump': Legal analysts expect others to follow Sidney Powell to plea deal

Raw Story  

"The Kraken cracked," "The Kraken is down": The internet erupted with the news that Sidney Powell agreed to a plea deal in the RICO case in which she's a co-defendant of Donald Trump Thursday. "Unlawfully possessing ballots and using a computer without authority with the intention to access personal information and interfere with the election," explained Georgia law professor Anthony …

Sidney Powell pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in Georgia and agrees to cooperate
1 year, 2 months ago

Sidney Powell pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in Georgia and agrees to cooperate

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, becoming the second defendant in the sprawling case to reach a deal with prosecutors. The plea deal makes Powell the most prominent known person to be working with prosecutors investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the election. …

Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel potential witnesses in Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro’s Georgia trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel potential witnesses in Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro’s Georgia trial

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia prosecutor who has accused former President Donald Trump and others of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state is seeking to call Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as witnesses in a trial for two of the defendants scheduled to begin later this month. Sidney Powell and Kenneth …

Trump will be tried separately from Powell and Chesebro, judge rules
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump will be tried separately from Powell and Chesebro, judge rules

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump and 16 other co-defendants in the Georgia election …

Trump Won't Be Tried With Powell, Chesebro In Georgia Election Case: Judge
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump Won't Be Tried With Powell, Chesebro In Georgia Election Case: Judge

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ATLANTA — A Georgia judge ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro had …

Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in the Georgia election case, a judge rules
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in the Georgia election case, a judge rules

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Donald Trump will not face trial next month in Georgia after a judge ruled Thursday that the former president and 16 others accused of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election will be tried separately from two other defendants in the case. Lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro had filed demands for a speedy trial, …

Column: Some of Trump’s co-defendants could go to trial this fall. Will he have to join them?
1 year, 3 months ago

Column: Some of Trump’s co-defendants could go to trial this fall. Will he have to join them?

LA Times  

Attorney Sidney Powell could join fellow Trump lawyer and co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro on trial in the Georgia racketeering case as soon as November. As McAfee quickly perceived, however, Chesebro and Powell weren’t so much making a compelling argument for separate trials as they were challenging the state’s racketeering law. Chesebro’s move for a fall trial under Georgia’s strict speedy-trial requirements …

Georgia judge rules that Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro can be tried together starting Oct. 23
1 year, 3 months ago

Georgia judge rules that Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro can be tried together starting Oct. 23

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The judge overseeing the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 election in the state on Wednesday denied requests by two of the 19 defendants to be tried alone, instead saying the pair would be tried together starting next month. Since lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have …

Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell Ask For Georgia Cases To Be Severed From Co-Defendants
1 year, 3 months ago

Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell Ask For Georgia Cases To Be Severed From Co-Defendants

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Two of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants have asked for their cases to be formally separated from the mammoth indictment in Georgia over attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, reflecting the ongoing complexity of trying 19 people all at once. “The prejudice that would inure to her from a lengthy trial with any of those …

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