{"id":2077689,"date":"2023-10-24T12:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-takes-plea-deal-in-2020-georgia-election-case\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:06:22","slug":"ex-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-takes-plea-deal-in-2020-georgia-election-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-takes-plea-deal-in-2020-georgia-election-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenna Ellis, former Trump lawyer, accepts plea deal in 2020 Georgia election case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-takes-plea-deal-in-2020-georgia-election-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2077689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jenna Ellis reacts\u2063 with her lawyers after reading a statement pleading \u200bguilty to \u2063one \u200cfelony count of aiding and abetting false statements\u200b and writings inside Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee\u2019s Fulton County Courtroom in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 24, 2023.\u2064 Ellis, an attorney and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-pleads-guilty-to-2020-election-charge\/\" title=\"Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis admits guilt in 2020 election case.\">prominent conservative media figure<\/a>, reached a deal with\u2062 prosecutors on \u2062Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge over \u2063efforts to overturn Donald Trump\u2019s 2020 election loss in Georgia. (Photo by JOHN BAZEMORE\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>8:54 AM \u2013\u2064 Tuesday, October\u2064 24, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Jenna Ellis becomes\u200b the third member of former President Donald Trump\u2019s team to take a\u200b plea deal in the Georgia election interference case. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN:<\/p>\n<p>Jenna\u200b Ellis just\u200b took a guilty plea deal in Fulton County, Georgia for \u200ba count of &#8220;aiding and abetting\u2062 false statements and writings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She joins Scott \u200dHall, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro who also took plea deals, leaving 15 remaining defendants. <\/p>\n<p>Jeanna Ellis\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8L3uv2XSGw\">https:\/\/t.co\/8L3uv2XSGw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iVWtp6ObvQ\">pic.twitter.com\/iVWtp6ObvQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1716811388864414142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former 2020 Trump campaign attorney tearfully pleaded\u2063 guilty\u2062 in a Fulton County courtroom\u200c Tuesday saying she \u201cfailed\u201d to \u2063do her \u201cdue diligence\u201d when it came to the 2020 presidential election claims. <\/p>\n<p>She now \u200bbecomes the fourth defendant to take a plea deal, which accuses 19 people, including Trump of conspiring to overturn the election results in the state of Georgia. <\/p>\n<p>The guilty plea comes less \u2064than two weeks\u2062 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/sidney-powell-takes-plea-deal-in-2020-georgia-election-case\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/sidney-powell-takes-plea-deal-in-2020-georgia-election-case\/\">Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro<\/a> both negotiated plea deals days before \u200dtheir trial date. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Ellis pleaded guilty to one felony count of aiding and\u200c abetting false statements and writings in Georgia. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI relied on others, including lawyers with many\u2063 more years of experience than I, to provide me with true and reliable information, especially since my role involved speaking to \u2063the media and to \u200clegislators in various states,\u201d Ellis said\u2062 in a Fulton County courtroom Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhat I did not \u2062do, but should have done, your honor, was to make sure\u2062 that the facts the\u200d other \u200clawyers alleged to \u2063be true \u2063were in fact true. In \u2062the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia, I failed \u2062to do my due diligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She emphasized she had \u201cdeep remorse\u201d for her role in the election challenges.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI believe in\u2064 and \u2064I value election integrity,\u201d \u200cshe went on. \u201cIf I knew then\u2062 what I know now, I would have declined\u2063 to \u200crepresent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Ellis \u200bconcluded through tears, \u201cFor those failures of mine, \u200dyour \u2064honor, I have taken responsibility already before the Colorado bar, who censured me. And I now take responsibility before this court and apologize to the \u2062people\u2063 of Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jenna Ellis read this\u2062 letter in court. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>It was hard to listen to after \u200dshe \u2062brought God and her religion up immediately.\u2064 Weird \u2062seeing a grown ass woman who went to law school\u2062 and passed the Bar exam blame \u2062more experienced lawyers for her \u2063actions. \ud83d\ude12<\/p>\n<p>\u2026and sound moral and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fD7cHOe1VN\">pic.twitter.com\/fD7cHOe1VN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Shead (@RyanShead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanShead\/status\/1716838462543012350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October\u200b 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former Trump \u2062attorney\u2019s agreement is expected\u200c to include five years probation, \u200ca $5,000 restitution to \u200cthe Georgia Secretary of State\u2019s Office, 100 hours of community service, an \u2063apology letter to the Peach State,\u2063 and her testimony to be used in future trials related to the case. <\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 98 page, 41-count indictment alleged Ellis urged state legislators in\u2062 key swing states President\u2064 Joe Biden\u200b won to appoint\u2064 presidential electors who would vote for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Ellis is the third member of Trump&#8217;s team to take a plea deal in the election interference case.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2063tearful statement in a Fulton County courtroom on Tuesday, Ellis admitted that she had &#8220;failed&#8221; to do her &#8220;due diligence&#8221; when it came to \u2063the claims of election\u200b fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Her guilty plea comes as part of a deal reached with prosecutors,\u200d in which she pleaded\u200b guilty to a reduced\u200c charge of aiding \u200band abetting false statements and writings.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis joins Scott \u2062Hall, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro as defendants who have taken\u200d plea deals in the case, leaving 15 \u2062remaining defendants. The case accuses \u200da total of 19 people, including Donald Trump, of conspiring to overturn the election results in\u200d Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>The guilty plea marks a significant\u2063 development in the\u2063 ongoing investigation into election interference and raises further questions about the validity of the claims \u2064made by Trump and his allies. \u200dIt underscores the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-takes-plea-deal-in-2020-georgia-election-case\/\" title=\"Jenna Ellis, former Trump lawyer, accepts plea deal in 2020 Georgia election case.\">growing legal scrutiny surrounding<\/a> the efforts \u2064to challenge the election results and highlights the impact of\u200d these efforts on the individuals involved.<\/p>\n<p>The plea deal signifies\u200c a recognition of wrongdoing \u200don Ellis&#8217; part and a willingness to cooperate with the investigation.\u200d It also serves as a reminder that individuals\u2062 involved \u2062in\u200d such\u200b cases can face legal consequences for \u2064their actions.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of the case against the remaining defendants will be closely watched, as it will \u2062shed further light \u200bon the extent of the alleged\u200c election interference and its implications for the \u2062legal system. As the investigation\u200b continues, it\u200d is becoming increasingly clear that the consequences of \u2063attempting to undermine the integrity \u200bof an election are \u2063severe and can have far-reaching consequences\u200b for \u200cthose involved.<\/p>\n<p>The guilty plea by Jenna Ellis is a significant development in the\u200b Georgia election \u200dinterference case \u200dand further emphasizes the need\u2062 for transparency, \u2063accountability, and adherence to\u200c the rule \u200cof law \u200cin the political process. It serves as a reminder\u200d that the\u2064 actions of individuals can \u200dhave long-lasting consequences beyond the immediate political context, and underscores the importance of upholding the democratic process \u200dand respecting the will of the voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia, Jenna Ellis, a conservative media figure and attorney, responded alongside her legal team to a guilty plea for aiding and abetting false statements and writings. 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