A former lawyer for Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy for aiding the former US president's efforts to overturn his election defeat in the state of Georgia, a live court proceeding showed.
The lawyer, Sidney Powell, pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties and agreed to testify against Mr Trump and other co-defendants in the case if called upon.
Mr Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has pleaded not guilty to a sweeping Fulton County, Georgia, indictment charging him with violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, act in its efforts to overturn his loss to Democratic President Joe Biden.
Powell admitted to plotting to unlawfully access secure election machines in rural Coffee County in southeastern Georgia in January 2021.Powell represented Mr Trump following the 2020 presidential election and helped spread his false claims that the election had been marred by widespread voter fraud.
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