Ripple effect of Chesebro & Powell's plea deals; GA lawmakers consider how to spend $11B surplus

Photographs of the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse and Georgia State Capitol, pictured in 2023. (Left: Matthew Pearson/WABE; Right: Nick Nesmith/WABE)

Trump lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell are no longer fighting the accusations against them in the Georgia election interference case.

By the time jury selection was underway on October 20th, Powell, then Chesebro, accepted plea bargains from Fulton County prosecutors.

Part of their sentence requires Chesebro and Powell to provide truthful testimony in any trial involving Trump and the remaining defendants in the case.