'In breaking news, the Wisconsin Attorney General has indicted for forgery, former #Trump attorneys Ken #Chesebro and Jim #Troupis, and the head of Trump’s Election Day ground game, Mike #Roman arising out of their leadership roles with Trump in the fake elector scheme.'
Whether a sitting president can be tried in a state court is an untested #legal matter that is sure to be fought out in higher courts.
4 of #Trump’s 19 original co-defendants have already pleaded #guilty & taken deals w/the prosecution, including #SidneyPowell & Kenneth #Chesebro, a legal architect of the plan to deploy #FakeElectors who has become a witness in 5 different state election inquiries.
#Arizona prosecutors… issued #GrandJury subpoenas to multiple people linked to #Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their #criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Joe #Biden’s victory in the state.
The new steps… are a sign that AG Kris Mayes…is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump’s allies in the state, incl’g #GOP activists who falsely posed as presidential electors in Dec 2020.
"Texts and emails are contained in a...1,400-page document...that...surfaced publicly...after a lawsuit filed by Wisconsin voters and electors against Kenneth Chesebro...Trump co-conspirator in the...case in Georgia...and campaign lawyer Jim Troupis, along with other alleged fake electors...was...settled."
A trove of docs released this week reveal extraordinary new details about the role of Kenneth #Chesebro — a once-obscure #conservative atty — in driving the strategy to keep Trump in power despite his defeat in the 2020 election.
Communications between #Chesebro & a top #Trump campaign lawyer in Wisconsin, Jim #Troupis, show that Chesebro argued just days after the Nov 3, 2020 election that creating a “cloud of confusion” by submitting dueling slates of electors would be enough to keep Joe #Biden from becoming president.
These GOP phishing expedition witch hunts are ignorant and insulting. Everyone sees right through them. Just because they've fooled themselves they are deluded to think they can fool others.
"No active judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit was interested in sitting en banc to rehear Mark Meadows’ case for moving his Georgia RICO case to federal court, the court said Wednesday in a brief denial."
Kenneth #Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a #secret#Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors,
hiding dozens of #damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme, a CNN KFile investigation has found.
Chesebro denied using Twitter, now known as the platform X, or having any “alternate IDs” when directly asked by Michigan investigators last year during his cooperation session, according to recordings of his interview obtained by CNN.
But CNN linked Chesebro to the secret account based on numerous matching details — including biographical information regarding his work, family, travels and investments.
The anonymous account, #BadgerPundit, also showed a keen interest in the Electoral College process and lined up with Chesebro’s private activities at the time.
The Twitter posts reveal that even before the 2020 election, and then just two days after polls closed, Chesebro promoted a far more aggressive election subversion strategy than he later let on in his Michigan interview.
"Kenneth #Chesebro, atty who helped devise #Trump campaign fake electors plot, concealed secret Twitter acct from #Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in election subversion scheme..
The full #Insurrection#plan never came to fruition, in large part because the conspirators didn't get enough buy-in from then-Vice President Mike Pence and other key Republican leaders.
But the newly revealed #Chesebro#documents are a chilling reminder that the violence of the Capitol insurrection was just a small part of what was a vast, sweeping #conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from President Joe Biden and the voters who elected him.
This matters, because "January 6" has become a shorthand for an attempted #coup that, in actuality, lasted for two months and across multiple states.
"On Friday, The #Detroit News... reported that it had obtained internal emails showing how extensively the #Trump Campaign managed the fake #Michigan electors...
And #Chesebro is cooperating with federal & state prosecutors.
The emails & Chesebro’s testimony will help tie #Eastman & Trump directly to the scheme, with likely ripple effects both in the federal D.C. case & in the #Georgia RICO action."
New details provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the chaotic last-minute effort to keep #Trump in office. The #FakeElectors scheme features prominently in #SpecialCounsel#JackSmith’s #criminal#indictment against TFG, & some of the ofcls who were involved have spoken to Smith’s investigators.
The emails & recordings also indicate that a top #Trump campaign lawyer was part of 11th-hour discussions about delivering the fake elector certificates to Pence, potentially undercutting his testimony to the #House select cmte that investigated #Jan6 that he had passed off responsibility & didn’t want to put the fmr VP in a difficult spot.
These details largely come from pro-#Trump#attorney Kenneth #Chesebro, who was an architect of the #FakeElectors plot & is now a key cooperator in several state probes into the scheme. Chesebro pleaded #guilty in Oct to a #felony#conspiracy charge in #Georgia in connection w/the electors’ plan, & has met w/prosecutors in #Michigan, #Nevada & #Wisconsin, who are investigating the sham #GOP electors in their own states.
Kenneth #Chesebro, an architect of the plan to deploy people claiming to be #Trump electors in states won by President #Biden, is cooperating with inquiries in #Michigan, #Arizona & #Nevada.
Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy.
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Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s 2020 fake electors plot, pleaded guilty Friday in the Georgia election subversion case to being part of a conspiracy alongside former President Donald Trump and others.
The plea deal is another blow to Trump and a major victory for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who charged Trump and 18 others in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It comes one day after former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell also pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
Chesebro pleaded guilty to one felony – conspiracy to commit filing false documents.
Side note: Ken Cheesbro is a BFF of Virginia Ginni 'Gitmo' Thomas
#Ginni#Gitmo#Thomas is a qanon fascist, she worked really hard to overthrow the government and the election, end America and install a tyrant, rapist, fraud, and coup leader. Ginni is a disgrace to America. Call out her crimes and her fraud everyday.
We see you Ginni. We see what you did. Your BFF Ken #Chesebro and you directed and advised #Coup plotter Mark Meadows.
Dear fascist coup plotter Ginni,
Sedition you say, Ginni?
Many republicans have been convicted of seditious conspiracy and Trump, Meadows and fellow criminals have been arrested and charged with many felonies in 4 jurisdictions. Many election crimes by your friends Ginni, DoJ is probably watching you.
Chesebro Cooperating With Wisconsin Election Probe? (urbanmilwaukee.com)
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