During a Fulton County court hearing Tuesday, the Fulton County District Attorney’s office asserted that Kenneth Chesebro did not have attorney-client privilege when he arranged meetings of alternate GOP electors to cast false ballots in former President Donald Trump’s favor in the 2020 election.
Fulton prosecutors and Chesebro’s attorneys spent two-and-a-half hours facing off in Superior Court debating whether there was enough evidence to prosecute Chesebro for seven felony conspiracy and fraud charges in the 2020 presidential election interference case.
On Oct. 23, Chesebro and Texas attorney Sidney Powell are set to stand trial in a racketeering case in which Trump, several members of his inner circle, and other supporters are accused of conspiring to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia and other battleground states where President Joe Biden won.
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