N.Y. Times: Ellis is one of 18 individuals charged by Arizona for their involvement in efforts to overturn Arizona’s election results in 2020. Arizona agreed to drop nine fraud, forgery, and conspiracy charges in exchange for her cooperation and truthful testimony. She is the first of the 18 defendants to accept a plea. Ellis has pled guilty to a felony in Georgia and faces additional charges in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Tag Archives: 2020 Election Conspiracies
“Kenneth Chesebro: Second Trump lawyer pleads guilty to conspiracy”
Kenneth Chesebro, a former Trump lawyer, has pled guilty in the Georgia case. “Kenneth Chesebro is the third of 19 co-defendants to plead guilty in a deal with Fulton County prosecutors.” His plea follows Sidney Powell’s which was entered yesterday. For analysis see the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, which notes Chesebro is the first defendant to plead to a felony. Early that paper analyzed how Powell’s plea affects the dynamics of the case.
“Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote”
In depth story by Alexandra Berzon in the NY Times on Cleta Mitchel’s mission to organizing a group of activists, recruited from right-wing organizations prone to conspiracy theories, “into an ‘army of citizens’ trained to aggressively monitor elections.”