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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Brumback

Former Trump campaign lawyer tries to invalidate his guilty plea in Georgia election case

Georgia Election Indictment Lawmakers - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the Georgia 2020 election meddling case against the president-elect and others, is trying to invalidate that plea.

Chesebro was charged in August 2023, alongside Trump and 17 others, in a sprawling indictment accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. He pleaded guilty to a single conspiracy count a few months later after reaching a deal with prosecutors just before he was to go to trial.

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