Kaelan Deese is a Supreme Court reporter for the Washington Examiner covering the latest happenings at the nation's highest court and the legal issues surrounding Second Amendment rights, abortion, and religious liberties. He previously wrote breaking news as a fellow for the Hill during the 2020 election cycle.
Former President Donald Trump claimed Sidney Powell was"never" his attorney in a post to his Truth Social platform Sunday, just days after she pleaded guilty in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case.
“Sidney Powell was one of millions and millions of people who thought, and in ever increasing numbers still think, correctly, that the 2020 Presidential Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN, AND OUR COUNTRY IS BEING ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED BECAUSE OF IT!!! MS. POWELL WAS NOT MY ATTORNEY, AND NEVER WAS. In fact, she would have been conflicted,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
— Aaron Blake October 22, 2023 Despite his Sunday claim, Trump tweeted on Nov. 14, 2020, that Powell and other attorneys, including Jenna Ellis, now a co-defendant in the Georgia case, were added to his team of"other wonderful lawyers and representatives!" Trump's remarks distancing himself from Powell came just three days after she entered a plea bargain with District Attorney Fani Willis's office and agreed to testify truthfully in future proceedings involving Trump and 15 other defendants who have maintained their innocence in the case.In her guilty plea, Powell admitted her role in the January 2021 breach of an election system in rural Coffee County, Georgia.
So far, three of 19 co-defendants have struck a plea deal with prosecutors, including attorney-turned-defendant Kenneth Chesebro. His attorney Scott Grubman has pushed back that any truthful testimony by his client would implicate Trump.
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