Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Jenna Ellis is pleading guilty, crying and throwing Donald Trump under the bus in court in Fulton County, Georgia.
Lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell entered guilty pleas last week just before their trial was set to begin. Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, pleaded guilty in September.
In exchange for truthful testimony at future trials, Ellis pleaded guilty to one felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. She had been charged with two counts, including racketeering.
Guliani and Smith, both co-defendants in the Georgia case, asserted that tens of thousands of minors, felons and dead people voted in Georgia’s 2020 election. Ellis pleaded guilty to aiding this testimony, which prosecutors say was intended to convince the legislature to disregard Biden’s victory in Georgia.
“The false statements were made with reckless disregard for the truth,” prosecutor Daysha Young said at Tuesday’s plea hearing.
Ellis began to cry as she asked to address the court.
“What I did not do, but should have done, your honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true,” Ellis said. “In the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states including Georgia, I failed to do my due diligence. I believe in and I value election integrity. If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges.”
Ellis was indicted two months ago along with Trump, Powell, Chesebro and more than a dozen other defendants, who were accused of a sprawling criminal conspiracy to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia.
Her deal means she could now testify against Trump, who has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Addressing the court through tears, Ellis blamed her crime on ‘more experienced’ lawyers she had worked with to challenge the election on behalf of Trump.
She worked closely with Rudy Giuliani, the former New York Mayor who became Trump’s personal lawyer, although she did not name Giuliani in her statement.
Ellis said: ‘I’m an attorney who is also a Christian. I take my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously. I relied on others, including lawyers with many more years of experience, to provide me with true and reliable information. Especially since my role involves speaking to the media and to legislators in various states.
‘What I did not do but should have done, Your Honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true.’
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