Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who assisted in the planning of the Trump campaign’s 2020 fake electors scheme in the Georgia election subversion case, entered a guilty plea on Friday, admitting to participating in a conspiracy with former President Donald Trump and other individuals.
The plea agreement is a significant setback for Trump and a win for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who brought charges against Trump and eighteen other individuals in an attempt to rig the 2020 presidential election. It occurs the day after Sidney Powell, a former attorney for Trump during his campaign, also entered a guilty plea and consented to work with the prosecution.
Chesebro entered a guilty plea to a single count of conspiracy to file fraudulent documents. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee imposed the punishment at Friday’s hearing, following the recommendation of Fulton County prosecutors, which called for him to serve five years on probation and pay $5,000 in restitution.
Additionally, Chesebro has consented to testify in upcoming legal processes.
Chesebro said, as part of his plea agreement, that he had planned with Trump and his former attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman to present fictitious GOP electors in Georgia. In the Georgia case, Giuliani and Eastman have both entered not guilty pleas, and they now have to worry about Chesebro testifying against them.
The trial’s jury selection process started on Friday morning as scheduled, but it didn’t last long before the plea. Powell’s shocking decision to enter a guilty plea on Thursday raised the possibility that Chesebro would accept a bargain, according to a person with knowledge of the talks.
