In a recent development in the Georgia election interference case involving former President Donald Trump and others, a judge has rejected an attempt to invalidate the guilty plea of former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro. Chesebro, along with Trump and 17 others, was charged in August 2023 for allegedly participating in a scheme to illegally overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Chesebro pleaded guilty to a single conspiracy count a few months after the indictment was issued. His lawyer had requested the plea be invalidated after the charge he pleaded guilty to was tossed out by the judge in September. The judge's order denying the request cited procedural defects in the motion and highlighted that Chesebro had already submitted a plea of guilt in response to the indictment.
