Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling

[wing2000]

The first defendant to flip of more to come:

"A defendant in the sweeping election-interference case against former president Donald Trump and 18 others in Fulton County, Ga., became the first to plead guilty on Friday. He also agreed to testify against others.

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Scott Hall, a 59-year-old bail bondsman who prosecutors alleged played a wide-ranging role in efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in Georgia, pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties. The felony charges were reduced to misdemeanors because of Hall’s status as a first-time offender."

...Sydney Powell is next? (trial scheduled in 3 weeks)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/29/judge-denies-jeffrey-clark-request-move-his-case-federal-court/

 

[Bradskii]

...Sydney Powell is next? (trial scheduled in 3 weeks)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/29/judge-denies-jeffrey-clark-request-move-his-case-federal-court/

You got it in one, my friend. She's rolled over and will now likely be a witness for the prosecution.

Trump lawyer pleads guilty to election conspiracy, may testify against him

Donald Trump has been dealt a blow after his former lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to conspiring to interfere in the 2020 election.

www.smh.com.au

The dominoes are falling. Any bets on the next one?

 

[essentialsaltes]

How much of that $100k per guest do you think Rudy will actually get?

Apparently nowhere near enough.

 

[wing2000]

You got it in one, my friend. She's rolled over and will now likely be a witness for the prosecution.

Trump lawyer pleads guilty to election conspiracy, may testify against him

Donald Trump has been dealt a blow after his former lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to conspiring to interfere in the 2020 election.

www.smh.com.au

The dominoes are falling. Any bets on the next one?

....I would have guessed Chesbro, but apparently he has chosen to stand trial (jury selection is starting today...though I presume he could still enter a plea before the start of the actual trial?).

 

[RocksInMyHead]

....I would have guessed Chesbro, but apparently he has chosen to stand trial (jury selection is starting today...though I presume he could still enter a plea before the start of the actual trial?).

Chesebro has accepted a plea deal as well:
Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump-Aligned Lawyer, Pleads Guilty in Georgia (no paywall)

 

[wing2000]

Chesebro has accepted a plea deal as well:
Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump-Aligned Lawyer, Pleads Guilty in Georgia (no paywall)

....so that leaves 15 (of 18) defendents to stand trail. I don't believe a date has been set for that trial yet.

 

[essentialsaltes]

FTA: Under the agreement, Mr. Chesebro pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing of false documents and was sentenced to five years’ probation

 

[JustOneWay]

Chesebro has accepted a plea deal as well:
Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump-Aligned Lawyer, Pleads Guilty in Georgia (no paywall)

Another one bites the dust.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Have to keep score. We should make some randomized ones and see which of us gets Bingo! first.

 

[Brihaha]

I hope Americans see some true accountability in trade for these lenient punishments for these guilty felons. Prosecutors shouldn't have to let people who tried to overturn a certified election walk free...

 

[essentialsaltes]

Mark Meadows takes bid to toss Georgia election charges to Supreme Court​

Trump’s former chief of staff says his alleged actions after the 2020 election that are at the heart of the Georgia charges against him were tied to his official federal duties.

Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, took his battle to throw out the Georgia election interference case against him to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to overturn a lower-court ruling that rejected claims that his alleged conduct was tied to his official federal duties.

The move comes more than seven months after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a lower-court ruling from September that found Meadows had not proved that his alleged conduct, charged as part of the sweeping criminal racketeering case, was related to his official duties as Trump’s most senior White House aide.

 

[Pommer]

Mark Meadows takes bid to toss Georgia election charges to Supreme Court​

Trump’s former chief of staff says his alleged actions after the 2020 election that are at the heart of the Georgia charges against him were tied to his official federal duties.

Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, took his battle to throw out the Georgia election interference case against him to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to overturn a lower-court ruling that rejected claims that his alleged conduct was tied to his official federal duties.

The move comes more than seven months after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a lower-court ruling from September that found Meadows had not proved that his alleged conduct, charged as part of the sweeping criminal racketeering case, was related to his official duties as Trump’s most senior White House aide.

Wasn’t “just following orders” repudiated in Numerberg?

 

[Hans Blaster]

Wasn’t “just following orders” repudiated in Numerberg?

It was, but I think here the defense is "it was my job to falsify and interfere with the election results."

 

[essentialsaltes]

Mark Meadows takes bid to toss Georgia election charges to Supreme Court​

SCOTUS says no.