Four of former president's co-defendants have now agreed to work with prosecution in 2020 election case
A tearful Jenna Ellis speaking with her lawyer Franklin Houge in court in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: John Bazemore/APJenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, has struck a plea deal with Georgia prosecutors, becoming the fourth co-defendant in the sprawling conspiracy case to flip on the former president.
It was a dramatic about-turn for the 38-year-old lawyer who had long been a prominent public supporter of the former president, often appearing on conservative media to defend him. Following the 2020 presidential election, she appeared several times alongside Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, and repeated the then-president’s unfounded claims that the election had been stolen.
Kenneth Chesebro speaking to Fulton County superior court judge Scott McAfee during a hearing where Chesebro accepted a plea deal from the Fulton County district attorney rather than stand trial for conspiracy. Photograph: Alyssa Pointer/Getty Images Mr Trump did not immediately comment on Ms Ellis’s plea deal on Tuesday. He was in court in New York on Tuesday morning in a separate civil lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney-general, Letitia James, accusing him of fraud in connection with his business empire.
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