Pro-Trump lawyer accepts plea deal in Georgia ‘fake electors’ case
by Jewel Wicker in Atlanta and Cameron Joseph in Wash from US news | The Guardian on (#6FR04)
Kenneth Chesebro was facing seven felony charges related to plan to falsely certify that Trump won in 2020
Kenneth Chesebro, the attorney who allegedly devised the fake electors" plan to prevent Joe Biden from winning the 2020 election, has accepted a plea deal and will avoid going to trial in the Fulton county racketeering case involving Donald Trump and 17 others.
The last-minute plea deal marks the second major victory in as many days for prosecutors, who can now compel him to testify against his former allies in Trump's inner circle to bolster their case.
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