Guilty Plea

Fani Willis

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Fani Willis, the District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, brought a sweeping RICO case against Trump and 18 co-defendants for their efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. The case encompassed the Raffensperger phone call, the fake electors scheme, harassment of election workers, and efforts to access voting machines. Several defendants pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate, including Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, and Jenna Ellis.

Jenna Ellis

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Jenna Ellis served as a senior legal advisor on Trump's post-election legal team. She publicly promoted false claims about the election on television and social media. Ellis pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in the Fulton County RICO case and tearfully admitted in court that she "failed in her duties as a lawyer" and relied on claims from other attorneys without independently verifying them. She was censured by the Colorado bar.

Kenneth Chesebro was the legal architect of the fake electors scheme, which involved creating slates of fraudulent electors in states Biden won and submitting them to Congress and the National Archives as if they were legitimate. Chesebro pleaded guilty in the Fulton County RICO case. The scheme was a key component of the broader effort to overturn the election results on January 6.

Sidney Powell filed a series of lawsuits she called "Release the Kraken," claiming Dominion Voting Systems machines were rigged using Venezuelan software to flip votes. Every lawsuit was dismissed for lack of evidence. Powell was sanctioned by a federal judge for filing frivolous lawsuits. She pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the Fulton County, Georgia RICO case related to the fake electors scheme.