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Kenneth Chesebro Accepts Plea Deal in Trump Georgia Case

20Oct

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Kenneth Chesebro Accepts Plea Deal in Trump Georgia Case

Updated Oct. 20, 2023 6:04 pm ETATLANTA—Kenneth Chesebro, a former legal adviser to Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Friday to one felony charge in an agreement to testify for the prosecution in the Georgia racketeering case against the former president and others.Chesebro is the second lawyer affiliated with Trump’s 2020 campaign, and third co-defendant, to cut a deal with prosecutors, after Sidney Powell, a legal adviser who played a leading role in the effort to reverse Trump’s election loss, struck a similar deal Thursday. Powell is also expected to cooperate with the prosecution.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Trump Co-Defendant Kenneth Chesebro Pleads Not Guilty In Georgia Case

1Sep

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Trump Co-Defendant Kenneth Chesebro Pleads Not Guilty In Georgia Case

Kenneth Chesebro, the attorney accused of concocting the fake electors strategy deployed by former President Donald Trump in 2020, has pleaded not guilty on seven criminal charges.Chesebro’s plea in the case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was filed Thursday and also waives his right to a formal arraignment on multiple state charges, including counts of racketeering and conspiracy to commit forgery. His trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 23.Chesebro also asked the court to sever his trial from co-defendant Sidney Powell, a former Trump campaign lawyer who has also pleaded not guilty, arguing that they worked separately with Trump and had no direct contact with each other.In that request, Chesebro’s lawyers slammed “attempts by the State to incorrectly paint Mr. Cheseb...

Sidney Powell Joins Request For Speedy Trial In Georgia Election Case

27Aug

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Sidney Powell Joins Request For Speedy Trial In Georgia Election Case

Sidney Powell, a one-time attorney for former President Donald Trump, requests a speedy trial in the Georgia election interference case following co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set Chesbro’s trial date as Oct. 23 — two months away — after he filed paperwork requesting a speedy trial earlier in the week.The judge has yet to approve Powell’s request, filed late Friday. Like Chesebro, Powell is accused of violating Georgia’s racketeering act by furthering a plot to assemble “alternative” electors. McAfee said earlier that the October date only applied to Chesbro, not to Trump, who said in court documents that he definitely did not wish to join the group seeking a speedy trial. All defendants are expected to receive a large quantity of evidentiar...

Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fake Elector Plot Said It Was ‘Bold’ But Doomed

9Aug

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Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fake Elector Plot Said It Was ‘Bold’ But Doomed

A lawyer working with former President Donald Trump’s campaign pitched the now-infamous plan to install slates of fake electors in swing states as “bold,” “controversial” and likely to be rejected by the Supreme Court, according to his memo.The memo, published by The New York Times on Tuesday night, was written by Kenneth Chesebro and sent on Dec. 6, 2020, as the Trump campaign was working on multiple fronts to keep the former president in power after his electoral loss to Joe Biden. Prosecutors referenced the document as a key piece of evidence in the indictment of Trump last week, but this is the first time the memo has been made public.Chesebro — identified as Co-Conspirator 5 in the government’s case against Trump — was a key architect of the effort to install the fake electors. The p...