Pleas in Trump’s Georgia Racketeering Case Show ‘Dam Breaking’

Three lawyers admitted post-election crimes, agreed to testify
Pleas lock in cooperators in Georgia case ahead of Trump trial

Kenneth Chesebro and his attorney Scott Grubman at the Fulton County Courthouse on Oct. 2.Photographer: Alyssa Pointer/Getty Images

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By Zoe Tillman

October 25, 2023 at 10:00 AM UTC

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A trio of guilty pleas over the past week from lawyers charged in the 2020 election racketeering case in Georgia show prosecutors circling closer to Donald Trump and his inner sanctum of post-election advisers ahead of a trial.

The guilty pleas by Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, and Sidney Powell mean all three could take the stand against the former president and give prosecutors more leverage in the meantime to convince some of the remaining 15 defendants in the case to also plead guilty.