Attorney Sidney Powell, a member of former President Donald Trump’s legal team after the 2020 election, pled guilty on Thursday to reduced criminal charges the day before her trial was set to begin in Fulton County’s sprawling racketeering case involving alleged efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia.
Powell pled guilty to reduced charges, a total of six misdemeanor counts of Conspiracy to Commit Intentional Interference with Performance of Election Duties. She will now have to serve six years of probation, pay a $6,000 fine, pay $2,700 in restitution to the state, and write an apology to the citizens of the state. She also agreed to testify against any of the other 17 remaining defendants in the case moving forward, which includes Trump.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee asked Powell in court on Thursday morning: “Are you pleading guilty today because you agree that there is a sufficient factual basis, that there are enough facts, that support this plea of guilty?”
She responded: “I do.”
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Powell’s punishment is dramatically less than if she had been convicted of the multiple felony charges that she faced in the initial indictment, which included two counts of Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud, Violation of the Georgia RICO Act, Conspiracy to Commit Computer Theft, Conspiracy to Commit Computer Trespass, Conspiracy to Commit Computer Invasion of Privacy, and Conspiracy to Defraud the State.
The plea deal means that a former member of Trump’s legal team is now cooperating with prosecutors as they go after Trump and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani — both of whom were hit with 13 felony counts stemming from their alleged efforts to overturn the election results in the state.
Powell was one of the most aggressive promoters of claims that the election was stolen from Trump. Trump even reportedly had a hard time believing some of her voter fraud allegations, and she was later dismissed from Trump’s legal team.
