Jenna Ellis becomes third Trump attorney to plead guilty in Georgia RICO case
Kaelan Deese
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Former President Donald Trump‘s 2020 campaign attorney Jenna Ellis became the third of his team of ex-attorneys to plead guilty to charges in the Georgia election subversion and racketeering case on Tuesday.
Ellis is the fourth defendant to plead guilty in the case, which accuses 19 people, including Trump, of conspiring to overturn the election in the Peach State. Her agreement with prosecutors comes less than two weeks after two others, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, negotiated deals just hours before heading to trial.
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Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings in Georgia. The count is tied to her testimony before a Georgia Senate subcommittee on Dec. 3, 2020 alongside Rudy Giuliani and Ray Smith.
“How do you plead?” Fulton County prosecutor Daysha Young asked her Tuesday morning.
Ellis: “Guilty.”
Atlanta-area bail bondsman Scott Hall also entered a deal with prosecutors in September.
Watch Ellis’s hearing here:
Jenna Ellis hearing
This is a developing story and will be updated.