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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro barred from practicing law in New York

a man in a suit and tie stands in court
Kenneth Chesebro in court in Atlanta, Georgia, on 20 October 2023. Photograph: Alyssa Pointer/AP

Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney for Donald Trump, has been suspended from practicing law in New York and could be disbarred just days after pleading guilty in what prosecutors claim was an effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.

Chesebro was charged in 2023, alongside Donald Trump and 17 others, with violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law relating to alleged efforts by the defendants to “knowingly and willfully” join a conspiracy to change the outcome of the 2020 election in the state.

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