Sidney Powell Takes Plea Deal

[Kathianne]

6 counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. Doesn't say who she conspired with.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/politics/sidney-powell-fulton-county-georgia-2020-election-subversion/index.html


Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion caseMarshall Cohen
By Marshall Cohen
1 minute read
Updated 10:11 AM EDT, Thu October 19, 2023






A November 19, 2020 photo shows Sidney Powell speaking during a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC.
CNN
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Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start.


Fulton County prosecutors are recommending a sentence of six years probation. Powell will also be required to testify at future trials and write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia.


As part of her guilty plea, Powell is admitting her role in the January 2021 breach of election systems in rural Coffee County, Georgia. With the help of local GOP officials, a group of Trump supporters accessed and copied information from the county’s election systems in hopes of somehow proving that the election was rigged against Trump.


Her attorneys had vehemently rejected prosecutors’ claims that she orchestrated the Coffee County breach. They’ve said at pretrial hearings that prosecutors are “incorrect” and that “the evidence will show that she was not the driving force behind” the incident.


Powell is now the second person in the sprawling racketeering case to plead guilty. Bail bondsman Scott Hall last month pleaded guilty and agreed to testify at future trials. The other 17 defendants, including Trump, have pleaded not guilty.


Pro-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro’s trial is slated to begin Friday with jury selection.

[hjmick]

The Kraken has rolled...

Twelve months probation as well as a $6,000.00 fine. And she must write a letter of apology. That she is required to testify for prosecutors should be making a few sphincters pucker...

She was in the room, as they say... She knows things...


Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-takes-plea-deal/story?id=104136350)


Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Deal With Prosecutors Over Efforts to Overturn Trump Loss in Georgia (https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-10-19/sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-in-deal-with-prosecutors-over-efforts-to-overturn-trump-loss-in-georgia)

[hjmick]

Beat me by two minutes... May as well merge the threads...

[Kathianne]

A bit more:

https://apnews.com/article/sidney-powell-plea-deal-georgia-election-indictment-ec7dc601ad78d756643aa2544028e9f5

[Kathianne]

The Kraken has rolled...

Twelve months probation as well as a $6,000.00 fine. And she must write a letter of apology. That she is required to testify for prosecutors should be making a few sphincters pucker...

She was in the room, as they say... She knows things...


Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-takes-plea-deal/story?id=104136350)


Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Deal With Prosecutors Over Efforts to Overturn Trump Loss in Georgia (https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-10-19/sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-in-deal-with-prosecutors-over-efforts-to-overturn-trump-loss-in-georgia)

Great minds and we're so fast at reading. LOL!

[fj1200]

All because of a buffoonish man-child. Sad what people will follow.

[hjmick]

It's actually twelve months for each count, so it's six years probation...

[Kathianne]

Merged threads, posted within seconds of each other.

More info:

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/10/19/whoa-sidney-powell-flips-cuts-a-deal-in-georgia-n586116


WHOA: Sidney Powell Flips, Cuts a Deal in GeorgiaED MORRISSEY 11:21 AM on October 19, 2023

WHOA: Sidney Powell Flips, Cuts a Deal in Georgia


Sidney Powell finally delivered a real “Kraken on steroids” in the 2020 election saga. Only this time, it won’t prove that the election got stolen — it will help Fani Willis build her RICO case against Donald Trump and 17 other co-defendants in Fulton County, Georgia.


Trump’s key election attorney and architect of “Stop the Steal” cut a surprising plea deal this morning. Powell will get probation for six misdemeanor guilty pleas and testimony against her co-defendants:




Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start.


Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of six years probation. Powell will also be required to testify at future trials and write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia.


Note that the agreement requires her to “testify truthfully” against all her co-defendants, as well as to refrain from media appearances until the end of the trials. Needless to say, that’s a stunning reversal for Powell, who seemed at one time to be the truest of True Believers in Stop the Steal. Willis clearly calculated the broad RICO indictment to flip some of the defendants against Trump, but Powell is likely the closest possible figure to the former president in this indictment, save Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows. And we know that Powell and Giuliani worked closely together on election issues.


It’s tough to overestimate the win Willis got in flipping Powell. As one of the organizers of the Stop the Steal effort, Powell can testify to the intent and purpose of the “racket,” as well as the specific involvement of each member in specific acts to further the alleged fraud. That danger probably impacts Giuliani most, but if Powell had the kind of access to Trump that she claimed, he’s now got a yuuuge problem on his hands. Plus, given Powell’s outsize role in promoting the Stop the Steal campaign, her flip instantly undercuts those who still support those claims, in Georgia and everywhere else. Don’t forget that Powell fronted those efforts not just in Georgia but also in Michigan, Nevada, and other states. The plea deal seems to indicate a requirement to cooperate in those investigations and others as well.


Powell’s potential reach in this case is so deep that it might start a cascade of flips. One of the peripheral figures in the indictment flipped already — Scott Hall, who was involved in the Coffee County ‘hack’ in which Powell was directly connected. Kenneth Chesebro, Powell’s co-defendant that got blindsided today at the start of his trial with her plea deal, had earlier refused to accept a deal, but may be persuaded now to get out while he can. Others on the periphery of the “racket” may be inclined to do the same, especially if they worked at all with Powell.


The more central figures like Meadows and Giuliani may realize that they now risk actual prison time if they refuse to cooperate. That risk increases as more people flip, because prosecutors offer the best deals to the first defendants to accept deals. If either Meadows or Giuliani decide to cut bait and plea out, their only value to Willis will be in fingering Trump for fraud and interference — and their testimony could prove devastating to Trump not just legally but politically as well. If Powell and others testify that Trump knew he’d lost and attempted to obstruct the election results anyway — which we don’t know Powell will do yet — that would be a bombshell in the 2024 nomination process. Or even a Kraken on steroids.


Of course, all of the above could choose to stand pat and take their chances at trial. When only Scott Hall had flipped, they had a decent chance of beating the rap. If Powell’s talking, though, those odds don’t look so good now.

Now as these trials get going and testimony is given, let's say obstruction becomes apparent; will the 'stop the steal' crowd realize they were taken for a ride?

[fj1200]

Now as these trials get going and testimony is given, let's say obstruction becomes apparent; will the 'stop the steal' crowd realize they were taken for a ride?

Populists tend to double and triple down in the face of the obvious.

[fj1200]

How long until the screams of disloyal start up?

[Kathianne]

How long until the screams of disloyal start up?

I'm not on truth social, you?

[fj1200]

I'm not on truth social, you?

Nope.