Ex-Trump Ally Powell Pleads Guilty, Set to Cooperate Against Him

Oct. 19, 2023, 8:33 PM UTC

Sidney Powell, a prominent conservative lawyer who backed Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, pleaded guilty and could testify against the former president and others in the election racketeering case in Fulton County, Georgia.

Powell, 68, who was set to go on trial Monday, is the second of the 19 defendants to plead guilty in the case, in which Trump is also charged. She agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, meaning she could detail at trial her interactions with him and his inner circle after the election. She’s also barred from communicating with codefendants, ...

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