Lawyer Jenna Ellis, a former member of Trump's legal team, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the case of the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 elections in the state of Georgia, in which Donald Trump is one of the defendants. .
In this way, Ellis becomes the third lawyer on the Trump campaign's legal team to plead guilty in this case, immediately allowing the lawyer to testify against Trump.
Aside from pleading guilty, Ellis has directly targeted the most senior members of the former Republican president's legal team, including Rudolph Giuliani. Likewise, the lawyer has regretted having trusted other lawyers on Trump's legal team with "many more years of experience" than her when they made accusations of electoral fraud in Georgia to try to reverse the results in favor of Trump.
On the verge of tears and with "deep regret," Ellis has admitted to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee that he should have verified that the facts were false and that he did not act with "due diligence."
Furthermore, Ellis has insisted that he was unaware of reality when he acted and even when he spoke to the media on behalf of the former Republican president. "If I knew what I know now I would have declined to represent Donald Trump," she concluded.
The agreement reached by the lawyer is similar to those of the other defendants who have pleaded guilty and includes five years of provisional release, one hundred hours of community service, a $5,000 fine and a letter in which he apologizes. before the citizens of Georgia for his conduct.
According to the accusation, Ellis was a participant in several moments of the conspiracy hatched in Georgia, including a press conference announcing the false accusations of electoral fraud and meetings (along with Giuliani) with legislators to appoint presidential electors favorable to Trump. .
