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Georgia judge rejects Trump campaign lawyer attempt to invalidate guilty plea [View all]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-judge-rejects-trump-campaign-191938090.htmlThe Georgia judge overseeing the state’s election interference case against President-elect Trump and several allies on Friday rejected ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro’s attempt to invalidate his guilty plea in an election interference case.
Chesebro was initially charged alongside Trump and 17 other co-conspirators for his efforts to keep Trump in power after he lost the White House in 2020. The attorney reached a plea deal with prosecutors last year on the eve of his trial, set to be the first defendant to face a jury.
As part of the deal, Chesebro agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents. Prosecutors then dropped the other six charges he faced.
But last week, the former Trump lawyer argued that his guilty plea should be invalidated since, in September, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee struck several charges from the indictment — including the count to which Chesebro pleaded guilty.
On Friday, McAfee denied the request, calling it procedurally defective “in more ways than one.”
Chesebro was initially charged alongside Trump and 17 other co-conspirators for his efforts to keep Trump in power after he lost the White House in 2020. The attorney reached a plea deal with prosecutors last year on the eve of his trial, set to be the first defendant to face a jury.
As part of the deal, Chesebro agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents. Prosecutors then dropped the other six charges he faced.
But last week, the former Trump lawyer argued that his guilty plea should be invalidated since, in September, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee struck several charges from the indictment — including the count to which Chesebro pleaded guilty.
On Friday, McAfee denied the request, calling it procedurally defective “in more ways than one.”
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