Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell
pleads guilty in Georgia election
interference case.
International News Desk
According to global Times news Agency Europe, Sidney Powell, one of 18 co-defendants in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia, has taken a plea deal in which she has agreed to testify in the case. She is pleading guilty to six misdemeanor charges, according to the agreement read in court Thursday. She will get 12 months of probation for each count, as well as a $6,000 fine.As part of the agreement, Powell must "testify truthfully about any co-defendants” involved in the case and "provide all documents to the district attorney’s office” relevant to their case against the other co-defendants, according to Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee.Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead counsel in the Georgia case, responded to Powell’s plea deal by telling The Global Times Europe in a statement, Assuming truthful testimony in the Fulton County case, it will be favorable to my overall defense strategy.”
Powell’s plea comes a day before she was scheduled to go on trial along with co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro.