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Jewel Wicker in Atlanta and Cameron Joseph in Washington

Pro-Trump lawyer accepts plea deal in Georgia ‘fake electors’ case

Kenneth Chesebro at a hearing on 10 October 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kenneth Chesebro at a hearing on 10 October in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Alyssa Pointer/AP

Kenneth Chesebro, the attorney who allegedly devised the “fake electors” plan to prevent Joe Biden from winning the 2020 election, has accepted a plea deal and will avoid going to trial in the Fulton county racketeering case involving Donald Trump and 17 others.

The last-minute plea deal marks the second major victory in as many days for prosecutors, who can now compel him to testify against his former allies in Trump’s inner circle to bolster their case.

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