Sidney Powell.Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via GettyFormer Donald Trump attorneySidney Powellpleaded guilty on Thursday to six misdemeanor counts in the Georgia election interference case. She was sentenced to six years probation, just one day before her trial was supposed to start.As a condition of her guilty plea, 68-year-old Powell will pay a fine and be required to testify at future trials as well as write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia.Judge Scott McAfee said Powell must “testify truthfully about any co-defendants” involved in the case moving forward, perABC News.Sidney Powell mug shot.Fulton County Sheriff’s OfficePowell was a vocal Donald Trump ally in the weeks after the 2020 election, often appearing alongside Rudy Giuliani to espouse bizarre conspiracy theories, including that voting systems in the U.S. actually had ties to the late Venezuelan autocrat Hugo Chavez and were in fact secretly capable of switching, creating and destroying massive amounts of votes.The attorney was one of 18 of Trump’s associates to be charged in the case. Others include his former White House chief of staff,Mark Meadows; attorneysRudy Giuliani,John Eastman,Jenna Ellis, Bob Cheeley, Ray Smith III and Kenneth Chesebro; former assistant U.S. attorney generalJeffrey Clark; former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer; and current Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still.According to an indictment, Powell was in direct contact with the Trump supporters who illegally breached election equipment in Coffee County, Georgia. Prosecutors argue that Powell tried to access voting data in the county to support the conspiracy theory that Trump had won the election, at one point even having a computer forensics team copy data and software from elections equipment there on Jan. 7, 2021 — one day after thedeadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.Powell was charged with violating the Georgia RICO Act, two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit computer theft, conspiracy to commit computer trespass, conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy, and conspiracy to defraud the state. She ultimately pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor charges.Meanwhile, Trump now facesa total of 91 criminal countsacross four different cases, several of which carry recommended prison time. He would face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years if convicted of violating the Georgia RICO Act, which is a “serious felony.”
Sidney Powell.Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty
Former Donald Trump attorneySidney Powellpleaded guilty on Thursday to six misdemeanor counts in the Georgia election interference case. She was sentenced to six years probation, just one day before her trial was supposed to start.As a condition of her guilty plea, 68-year-old Powell will pay a fine and be required to testify at future trials as well as write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia.Judge Scott McAfee said Powell must “testify truthfully about any co-defendants” involved in the case moving forward, perABC News.Sidney Powell mug shot.Fulton County Sheriff’s OfficePowell was a vocal Donald Trump ally in the weeks after the 2020 election, often appearing alongside Rudy Giuliani to espouse bizarre conspiracy theories, including that voting systems in the U.S. actually had ties to the late Venezuelan autocrat Hugo Chavez and were in fact secretly capable of switching, creating and destroying massive amounts of votes.The attorney was one of 18 of Trump’s associates to be charged in the case. Others include his former White House chief of staff,Mark Meadows; attorneysRudy Giuliani,John Eastman,Jenna Ellis, Bob Cheeley, Ray Smith III and Kenneth Chesebro; former assistant U.S. attorney generalJeffrey Clark; former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer; and current Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still.According to an indictment, Powell was in direct contact with the Trump supporters who illegally breached election equipment in Coffee County, Georgia. Prosecutors argue that Powell tried to access voting data in the county to support the conspiracy theory that Trump had won the election, at one point even having a computer forensics team copy data and software from elections equipment there on Jan. 7, 2021 — one day after thedeadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.Powell was charged with violating the Georgia RICO Act, two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit computer theft, conspiracy to commit computer trespass, conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy, and conspiracy to defraud the state. She ultimately pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor charges.Meanwhile, Trump now facesa total of 91 criminal countsacross four different cases, several of which carry recommended prison time. He would face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years if convicted of violating the Georgia RICO Act, which is a “serious felony.”
Former Donald Trump attorneySidney Powellpleaded guilty on Thursday to six misdemeanor counts in the Georgia election interference case. She was sentenced to six years probation, just one day before her trial was supposed to start.
As a condition of her guilty plea, 68-year-old Powell will pay a fine and be required to testify at future trials as well as write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia.
Judge Scott McAfee said Powell must “testify truthfully about any co-defendants” involved in the case moving forward, perABC News.
Sidney Powell mug shot.Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
Powell was a vocal Donald Trump ally in the weeks after the 2020 election, often appearing alongside Rudy Giuliani to espouse bizarre conspiracy theories, including that voting systems in the U.S. actually had ties to the late Venezuelan autocrat Hugo Chavez and were in fact secretly capable of switching, creating and destroying massive amounts of votes.
The attorney was one of 18 of Trump’s associates to be charged in the case. Others include his former White House chief of staff,Mark Meadows; attorneysRudy Giuliani,John Eastman,Jenna Ellis, Bob Cheeley, Ray Smith III and Kenneth Chesebro; former assistant U.S. attorney generalJeffrey Clark; former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer; and current Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still.
According to an indictment, Powell was in direct contact with the Trump supporters who illegally breached election equipment in Coffee County, Georgia. Prosecutors argue that Powell tried to access voting data in the county to support the conspiracy theory that Trump had won the election, at one point even having a computer forensics team copy data and software from elections equipment there on Jan. 7, 2021 — one day after thedeadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Powell was charged with violating the Georgia RICO Act, two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit computer theft, conspiracy to commit computer trespass, conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy, and conspiracy to defraud the state. She ultimately pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor charges.
Meanwhile, Trump now facesa total of 91 criminal countsacross four different cases, several of which carry recommended prison time. He would face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years if convicted of violating the Georgia RICO Act, which is a “serious felony.”
source: people.com
