News Muncher - category chesebro

4 weeks ago

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

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 …

Trump Plea Guilty Plea Chesebro

4 weeks 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 …

Georgia Trump Case Plea Guilty Mcafee Chesebro

1 month ago

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.

Politico

The two most broad and perilous cases, in Arizona and Georgia, allege Trump helped direct a sweeping plot to overturn his loss to Joe Biden. In April, a grand jury indicted 18 people, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney Rudy Giuliani and longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn, who is playing a central role in shaping Trump’s incoming administration. Already, …

Law Georgia Congress Trump False Case Wisconsin

Trump asks Georgia court to dismiss election interference case against him, saying a sitting president can’t be prosecuted

CNN

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump has asked a court to dismiss the criminal case against him related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. In a filing on Wednesday, Trump and his attorney argued that the Georgia state Court of Appeals lacks jurisdiction to “entertain any further criminal process” over him as the incoming president and the …

Georgia Court Trump Criminal Case President Attorney

5 months ago

Time to indict Trump's alleged co-conspirators in federal Jan. 6 case: law professor

Raw Story

The U.S. Supreme Court made it impossible to try Donald Trump on election interference charges before he faces voters in November, but one former prosecutor said it's not too late to indict his alleged co-conspirators. District Judge Tanya Chutkan had the case returned to her after eight months, and she appears to be quickly moving forward to determine which charges …

Trump Case Smith Indict Indicted Eliason Chesebro

7 months ago

Three Trump allies criminally charged in Wisconsin fake elector plot

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 Three men who allegedly orchestrated a plot to reverse Donald …

Georgia Trump Biden Inside Washington Washington Email Fake Elector Chesebro

7 months ago

Felony Charges Filed Against Attorneys, Aide Who Worked For Trump During 2020 Campaign In Wisconsin

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING MADISON, Wis. — Felony forgery charges were filed in Wisconsin on Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The Wisconsin charges were brought against Trump’s attorney in the state, Jim Troupis, 62, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, 62, who was advising …

Georgia Congress Trump Wisconsin Charges Fake Republican

7 months ago

Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Felony forgery charges were filed in Wisconsin on Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The Wisconsin charges were brought against Trump’s attorney in the state, Jim Troupis, 62, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, 62, who was advising the campaign and …

Georgia Congress Charges Fake Republican Democrat Guenther

8 months, 1 week 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 Election Michigan Report Cnn According Spare

10 months ago

Arizona grand jury subpoenas Trump supporters who tried to overturn the election with false paperwork saying he beat Joe Biden

Daily Mail

An Arizona grand jury has sent out subpoenas to alleged participants in a version of the 'fake electors scheme' in the state –the latest iteration of a multi-state conspiracy probe springing from the effort to overturn the 2020 election results. An Arizona grand jury has sent out subpoenas to alleged participants in a version of the 'fake electors scheme', amid …

Georgia Trump Wisconsin Republican State House Biden

10 months ago

Trump lawyer: 'Pence is to blame' for rioters wanting to hang him

Raw Story

A day after Trump supporters violently stormed the United States Capitol and chanted for the hanging of then-Vice President Mike Pence, former Trump lawyer Ken Chesebro had decided whom to blame for the fiasco. Chesebro then speculated that if Pence had said from the very start that he believed Trump's plan to remain in power was flatly unconstitutional, then "Trump …

Trump Pence Giuliani Eastman Chesebro

10 months ago

Wisconsin fake elector settlement offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

Associated Press

Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails. The documents show how Chesebro and Troupis, Trump’s attorney …

Trump Settlement Documents Fake Democrat Biden Attorneys

10 months, 1 week ago

Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

LA Times

Two attorneys for then-President Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails. The documents show how Chesebro and Troupis, Trump’s attorney in …

Trump Documents Wisconsin Fake Democrat Biden Attorneys

1 year ago

Donald Trump’s failed coup: the complete January 6 timeline

Raw Story

It was evident that Donald Trump was likely to lose the presidency 20 minutes after Election 2020 polls closed in California. Pennsylvania Republicans didn’t go this far, but they did sign a public letter asking Congress to block their state’s electoral votes on January 6 — “just hours after” PA Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff and House Speaker Bryan Cutler “had …

Social Media Georgia Defense Law Enforcement Supreme Court Constitution National Security

1 year ago

Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC ahead of Jan 6, report says

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's campaign team physically flew "fake elector" ballots across …

Trump Wisconsin Michigan Cnn Pence Inside Washington Washington Email

1 year ago

Trump campaign lawyer testified in Nevada fake electors case to avoid prosecution, transcripts show

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — The lawyer who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s fake elector scheme in 2020 was a target in a criminal investigation in Nevada, but his name was removed from the indictment in exchange for his cooperation with authorities, according to newly released transcripts of secret grand jury proceedings in Las Vegas. The documents made public Sunday show that …

Georgia Trump Documents Fake Nevada State Jury

1 year ago

Apology Letters By Sidney Powell And Kenneth Chesebro In Georgia Election Case Are One Sentence Long

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING 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 to the citizens of the state of Georgia and of Fulton County for my involvement in Count 15 of …

Georgia Trump Election Republican Fulton County County Getty Images

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 …

Georgia Trump Election Republican Donald Trump Fulton County County

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 Trump Election Republican County Letter Guilty

1 year ago

Trump lawyer wrote detailed instructions on how to steal election in Nevada and Arizona

Raw Story

The Harvard-educated Chesebro pled guilty in October to a single felony count of conspiring to file false documents in Georgia. This was a generous plea deal given that Chesebro conceived the massive fake electors’ scheme and micromanaged its execution The attorney general of Nevada announced that six fake electors, including the chair and vice chair of the Nevada GOP, have …

Trump Fake Nevada Democrats Republican State Votes

1 year ago

New evidence shows Trump's "fake electors" expressed legal reservations to Rudy Giuliani

Salon

Top Donald Trump campaign advisors knew in early December 2020 of concerns that criminal charges could arise after submitting certificates falsely claiming the Republican won battleground states like Michigan that he'd actually lost, documents first obtained by The Detroit News show. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism To assuage those concerns, Chesebro …

Georgia States Congress Trump Pennsylvania Wisconsin Michigan

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 …

Georgia Trump Election Case Prosecutors Biden Fulton County

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 …

Georgia Trump California Giuliani Plea Willis Powell

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 Goodman Chesebro

Filters

Articles for Chesebro

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

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

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.

Trump asks Georgia court to dismiss election interference case against him, saying a sitting president can’t be prosecuted

Time to indict Trump's alleged co-conspirators in federal Jan. 6 case: law professor

Three Trump allies criminally charged in Wisconsin fake elector plot

Felony Charges Filed Against Attorneys, Aide Who Worked For Trump During 2020 Campaign In Wisconsin

Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump

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

Arizona grand jury subpoenas Trump supporters who tried to overturn the election with false paperwork saying he beat Joe Biden

Trump lawyer: 'Pence is to blame' for rioters wanting to hang him

Wisconsin fake elector settlement offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

Donald Trump’s failed coup: the complete January 6 timeline

Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC ahead of Jan 6, report says

Trump campaign lawyer testified in Nevada fake electors case to avoid prosecution, transcripts show

Apology Letters By Sidney Powell And Kenneth Chesebro In Georgia Election Case Are One Sentence Long

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

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

Trump lawyer wrote detailed instructions on how to steal election in Nevada and Arizona

New evidence shows Trump's "fake electors" expressed legal reservations to Rudy Giuliani

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

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

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