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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

First Georgia codefendant turns on Trump and claims he was only following ex-president’s orders

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The first codefendant in Donald Trump’s Georgia criminal case has shown signs of turning on him, claiming that he was only following the former president’s orders when he took part in the election interference plot.

David Shafer, the former chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and a longtime member of the Georgia state Senate, claimed in a court filing on Monday that he merely “acted at the direction of the incumbent President and other federal officials”.

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