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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Chris Michael

Ex-Trump lawyer says ‘boss’ was not going to leave White House

Jenna Ellis reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Jenna Ellis reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia. Photograph: John Bazemore/AP

An attorney for Donald Trump has told prosecutors in Georgia that one of the former president’s top aides told her in December 2020 that Trump was “not going to leave” the White House “under any circumstances”, despite having lost the election to Joe Biden.

The revelation from Jenna Ellis came during an interview with the Georgia district attorney’s office in Fulton County. Ellis is cooperating as part of a plea agreement in the Georgia election interference case against Trump and various allies.

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