First, now former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis has pled guilty and agreed to testify in the Georgia election prosecution, and Trump chief Mark Meadows has been granted immunity and agreed to testify in the Washington, DC insurrection case.
I am beginning to think that Trump will actually face trial and be found guilty.
Jenna Ellis, a pro-Trump lawyer who amplified former President Donald J. Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud as part of what she called a legal “elite strike force team,” pleaded guilty on Tuesday as part of a deal with prosecutors in Georgia.
Addressing a judge in an Atlanta courtroom, she tearfully expressed regret for taking part in efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.
To the degree these tears are sincere, she is crying for herself, not the rule of law.
Ms. Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting false statements and writings, a felony. She is the fourth defendant to plead guilty in the Georgia case, which charged Mr. Trump and 18 others with conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Mr. Trump’s favor.
Ms. Ellis agreed to be sentenced to five years of probation, pay $5,000 in restitution and perform 100 hours of community service. She has already written an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia, and she agreed to cooperate fully with prosecutors as the case progresses.
Yeah, she is crying because as a felon, she will be disbarred.
Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified to a federal grand jury about efforts by the former president to overturn the 2020 election results pursuant to a court order that granted him limited immunity from prosecution, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The immunity – a powerful tool that forces witnesses to testify on the promise that they will not be charged on their statements or information derived from their statements – came after a legal battle in March with special counsel prosecutors, who had subpoenaed Meadows.
Trump’s lawyers attempted to block Meadows’ testimony partially on executive privilege grounds. However, the chief US district judge overseeing the grand jury ruled that executive privilege was inapplicable and compelled Meadows to appear before the grand jury in Washington, the people said.
Meadows appears to have then asserted his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination at his appearance. At some point, Howell granted a request from prosecutors to give Meadows limited-use immunity, the people familiar with the matter said.
That Meadows testified pursuant to a court order suggests prosecutors in the office of special counsel Jack Smith were determined to learn what information he declined to initially provide because of self-incrimination concerns – but it does not mean he became a cooperator.
So I'm not sure what he is saying, but in juxtaposition with Ellis, I'm pretty sure that Trump is sh%$ting his Depends right now.
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