Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump Ally, Pleads Guilty in Georgia
Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia.
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00:00 All rise. It's a period code of for the county.
00:03 Letters of this search that Scott Macpherson.
00:05 Thank you. Please be seated.
00:08 You understand that you're giving up each and every one of these rights by pleading guilty here today.
00:13 Yes, Anderson.
00:14 All that has anyone forced threaten or promise you anything for you to enter into this guilty plea.
00:19 No, it is your decision to waive these rights to enter into this guilty plea because you are in fact guilty.
00:25 Yes.
00:26 How do you plead to count 15 conspiracy to commit filing false documents in indictment number 23 SC 188947?
00:34 Guilty.
00:36 Have you and your attorney signed that indictment?
00:38 Yes.
00:53 Over acts committed to affect this object of the conspiracy included but not limited to the following one.
01:01 The defendant created and distributed false Electorial College documents to individuals in Georgia and other states in coordination with Donald John Trump for President Inc.
01:10 Also known as the Trump campaign.
01:13 The defendant provided detailed instructions to co-conspirators in Georgia and other states for creating and distributing these false documents.
01:21 Three co-conspirator Donald John Trump and John Charles Eastman solicited the director of the Republican National Committee to assist in recruiting persons to serve as fake electors in Georgia as well as in other states.