Trump Campaign Lawyer Chesebro Pleads Guilty in Georgia Election Case

Prosecutors pursuing Donald Trump on Georgia racketeering charges secured a crucial guilty plea and cooperation agreement from Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who may directly tie the former president to efforts to overturn the 2020 election by empaneling alternate slates of electors.

Chesebro on Friday became the third of the 19 defendants to plead guilty. But his courtroom admissions were the most detailed yet about Trump’s actions after losing the 2020 election. With his plea, Chesebro can provide an inside account to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis about the plot to recruit electors to falsely certify Trump as the winner in several states that President Joe Biden had won, including Georgia.