Attorney Jenna Ellis, Former Legal Adviser To Donald Trump, Pleads Guilty In Georgia Election Case
deadline.comAttorney Jenna Ellis, once a steadfast media defender of Donald Trump and his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, pleaded guilty today in the Georgia election case.
Ellis, who was a former legal adviser to Trump, pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of aiding and abetting false statements and writing.
She was sentenced to five years probation, $5,000 restitution and 100 hours of community service. In court, with her voice quavering, Ellis said that she failed to do her “due diligence” in investigating the claims that the election was rigged. “I believe in and I value election integrity,” Ellis said. “If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges.
I look back on this whole experience with deep remorse.” She told the judge that she had taken responsibility already before the Colorado Bar Association, which has censured her. “I now take responsibility before this court and apologize to the people of Georgia.” Ellis is the fourth defendant to plead guilty in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ case.
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