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He pled guilty to filing some false paperwork. $5,000 fine, no time.
His case was always more complicated than Powell's. Powell's was really obvious. All you had to do was link Powell to the dirty commission and the people who physically broke in. It was pretty open and shut. Cheesebro was more complicated as a lot of the charges hinged upon whether general "legal advise" given in general and not specific to Georgia false electors could be construed as conspiracy. It was a lot less straight forward than Powell who hired people to steal election data.
That the prosecutors sweetened the deal at the last minute and dropped the felony (largely symbolic since the old deal included no time as well) doesn't speak to them being that confident in making the charges stick.
Every link I have seen said he plead to a felony with no jail time. So that means he surrendered his license to practice law as well as all the other restrictions of a convicted felon. Pretty steep price to pay even with no jail time.
Every link I have seen said he plead to a felony with no jail time. So that means he surrendered his license to practice law as well as all the other restrictions of a convicted felon. Pretty steep price to pay even with no jail time.
That was the old deal that he rejected.
Here's the new deal. It's possible it's wrong and a reporter rushing to be first on an emerging story
Will this be a jury trial I assume? If that's the case I see a series of hung juries. All it takes is one member of the Trump base to be on that jury. We see here every day that regardless of the evidence and facts they will simply refuse to accept that he was guilty of anything and will never vote to convict.
Then it will have to be retried until there is a decision one way or the other. I don’t think there will be any problems with a holdout once the evidence and testimony are presented to a jury.
Every link I have seen said he plead to a felony with no jail time. So that means he surrendered his license to practice law as well as all the other restrictions of a convicted felon. Pretty steep price to pay even with no jail time.
This was one of the reasons I thought he'd go through with the trial. Powell is already well past retirement age, so giving up her law license is not a big deal. But Chesebro is only 62, so giving up his law license has bigger ramifications for him (perhaps). Oh well, I guess he can always become a Fox News commentator.
Every link I have seen said he plead to a felony with no jail time. So that means he surrendered his license to practice law as well as all the other restrictions of a convicted felon. Pretty steep price to pay even with no jail time.
He got treatment as a first offender so after he completes sentence, he can petition for expungement and have his rights restored as though he had never been convicted. IDK whether the various state bars would re-admit him, though.
This is bad news for Trump, I assume that Chesebro's plea deal will be the same as Powell and both will be required to testify regarding their meeting with Trump in the oval office.
These are real convictions with real evidence unlike the claims of massive voter fraud.
3 down, 16 to go, by the time they get around to the trial there won't be a need.
They didn't want to be tried together now they are pleading together
Last edited by Goodnight; 10-20-2023 at 11:19 AM..
Looks like one felony, other chargers were dropped.
From the link: Chesebro agreed to five years of probation, pay $5,000 in restitution, community service hours and to write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia. He will also have to truthfully testify and cannot have contact with witnesses or another co-defendants.
If he talks to Trump or any other witnesses, he violates the terms of the plea agreement. I guess that's to give him a way to tell Trump to take a hike if he's approached about any testimony he's ask d to give.
A felony on Chesebro's record, and it doesn't just magically go away.
It might be handwaved away as NBD to cult members, but no one wants a felony conviction attached to their name, at least no one sane. This is what he'll always be known for, the rest of his life. He'll be in the history books covering this time period as one of the co-conspirators, who pleaded guilty to a felony.
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