Jenna Ellis, a DeSantis-backing lawyer who was indicted as a part of Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis’s RICO case against former President Donald Trump, has pleaded out to a single felony charge that she made false statements to Georgia legislators regarding election fraud during the aftermath of the 2020 election.
As a part of the plea deal Ellis will receive five years probation, pay $5,000 in restitution, participate in 100 hours of community service, and will co-operate with prosecutors. Additionally, Ellis is barred from speaking with the media and co-defendants as part of the plea deal.
Ellis, in a tearful statement read before the court, insisted that when she took the Trump cases she had no idea what she was doing, and claims she was lied to by more senior lawyers who she did not name. Ellis also raised over $216,000 from the public, claiming she was going to “fight back and stand for the truth!” Instead, she took a plea deal.
Imagine being a lawyer and crying in a courtroom that you didn’t actually look into the case you took, then blaming others. Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/11wule78SA
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Two other attorneys who served on former President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and tackled accusations of election fraud have also pled out in the Georgia RICO case. Last week, Sydney Powell agreed to plead guilty to reduced charges in Georgia related to efforts to resolve the 2020 election. Powell was charged with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law alongside Trump and 17 others, and entered the plea one day before jury selection was set to begin.
Powell was sentenced to six years probation, fined $6,000 and agreed to pay $2,700 restitution to the State of Georgia, as well as write an apology letter “to the citizens of the state of Georgia.” Chesboro similarly received probation, a fine, community service, and agreed to write a letter of apology.
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Jenna Ellis, a DeSantis-backing lawyer who was indicted as a part of Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis’s RICO case against former President Donald Trump, has pleaded out to a single felony charge that she made false statements to Georgia legislators regarding election fraud during the aftermath of the 2020 election.
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