Trump Co-Defendant Kenneth Chesebro Pleads Guilty, Implicates Trump in Georgia Election Subversion

Kenneth Chesebro, a co-defendant in the Fulton County criminal election interference case alongside former President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit filing false documents. Chesebro originally faced seven counts, but pleaded guilty to one, with the other six counts being dismissed. As part of the plea deal, he was sentenced to five years of probation, ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution, and required to testify in other trials and hearings. Chesebro is alleged to have proposed a strategy to appoint alternate electors loyal to Trump in several states to overturn the election. His attorney argues that if Chesebro was truly the "architect to overturn democracy," prosecutors would not have offered him probation.
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