Ex-Trump lawyer scrambled for Georgia plea deal after key pair folded

Attorney for Jenna Ellis admits guilty pleas by Sidney Powell and Ken Chesebro hastened effort to cooperate with prosecutors

Donald Trump's former attorney Jenna Ellis scrambled to secure a plea deal for herself in the Georgia election subversion case after watching two other indicted lawyers fold, it was revealed on Wednesday.

The haste in which her legal team acted to snag an advantageous agreement for their client was laid out by Ellis's own attorney Frank Hogue in an exclusive interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.