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Trump Claims Sidney Powell Was ‘Never’ His Lawyer After Plea Deal
22Oct By adminNo Comments
Politics

Trump Claims Sidney Powell Was ‘Never’ His Lawyer After Plea Deal

Donald Trump continued to push lies about a stolen election while reacting to lawyer Sidney Powell’s decision to accept a plea deal from Georgia prosecutors trying Trump and associates with racketeering and conspiracy.In a Sunday morning post on Truth Social, the former president straddled the line between defending Powell and trying to distance himself from the attorney, who was a key figure in Trump’s 2020 “Stop the Steal” efforts.In typically turgid style, Trump ranted about the “rigged” presidential election while also maintaining that Powell was never actually his lawyer.“Sidney Powell was one of millions and millions of people who thought, and in ever increasing numbers still think, correctly, that the 2020 Presidential Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN, AND OUR COUNTRY IS BEING ABS...
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Trump Camp Reportedly Blindsided By Sidney Powell Plea Deal
19Oct By adminNo Comments
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Trump Camp Reportedly Blindsided By Sidney Powell Plea Deal

A lot of people were shocked by former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell’s guilty plea to misdemeanor charges linked to election interference in Georgia in 2020 ― but not as much as the Trump camp.New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN’s Dana Bash on Thursday that Powell’s plea deal “caught Trump world by surprise, as it did all of us.”Haberman said Powell’s agreement with prosecutors was “one of the best-kept secrets” out of the Fulton County District Attorney’s office and that Trump insiders don’t know what to make of it. As part of the deal, Powell will be asked to testify as a witness in the trials of other defendants in the case, perhaps including the former president.“They are still trying to figure out what it means,” she said, adding that there are different opinions a...
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Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Trump’s Georgia Election Case
19Oct By adminNo Comments
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Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Trump’s Georgia Election Case

Updated Oct. 19, 2023 11:27 am ETATLANTA—Sidney Powell, a former legal adviser to Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges on Thursday in exchange for a sentence that means no jail time, agreeing to testify for the prosecution in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case against the former president and more than a dozen other defendants. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s August indictment alleged that Trump and 18 other co-defendants participated in a “criminal enterprise” to subvert the 2020 presidential election.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty In Deal Over Efforts To Overturn Trump Loss In Georgia
19Oct By adminNo Comments
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Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty In Deal Over Efforts To Overturn Trump Loss In Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — 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.Powell, who was charged alongside Trump and 17 others with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law, entered the plea just a day before jury selection was set to start in her trial.She was initially charged with racketeering and six other counts as part of a wide-ranging scheme to keep the Republican president in power after he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden. Prosecutors say she also participated in an unauthorized breach of elections equipment in a rural Georgia county elections office.The acceptance of a plea deal is a remarkable ab...
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Sidney Powell Joins Request For Speedy Trial In Georgia Election Case
27Aug By adminNo Comments
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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...
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