Jenna Ellis--part of Trump's "elite strike force" of attorneys, as well as wingman to the unhinged and disgraced (and, as of yet, unflipped) Rudy Giuliani as they gallivanted throughout the countryside sharing fanciful tales of supposed manipulated ballots and imaginary voter intimidation--pleaded guilty this morning in Fulton County, GA, to a FELONY count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings.
It's just another delicious development in the RICO case of Fani Willis (well, for fans of democracy), as she peels off Trump's co-defendants one-by-one for their testimony to get Trump, the leader of the "big lie," the massive conspiracy to defraud Americans and employing his own avenues to illegally stay in power (so far 4 of 19 co-defendants have copped a plea for reduced sentences in exchange for testimony--Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani have got to be considering taking that dive, as well).
Of the three major "gets" (so far) in terms of the case's witnesses--which includes Kraken attorney Sidney Powell and fake-slate-architect attorney Kenneth Chesebro--Ellis is arguably the weakest link. Powell (pleading guilty to six misdemeanor conspiracy charges) was with Trump in a December 18, 2020, Oval Office meeting as he considered seizing voting machines--and the next day she contacted a company to do just that; Chesebro's infamous memos outlined the steps needed to get Pence to accept the fake slates of Trump electors on January 6. Ellis was more of a constant voice propping up false claims in the media as well as in "hearings" in battleground states that paraded out "witnesses" who shared their impressions of fraud that may have occurred (Giuliani later admitted in court, when push came to shove, he wasn't actually alleging fraud, but rather promoting the idea that it could have happened).
Ellis now claims that she was an innocent, spreading the lies only because she trusted her fellow, more seasoned attorneys.
As such, Ellis isn't the biggest rat on Trump's ship, by any means. But each time Fani Willis's office can get one more known player to plead guilty to being part of a conspiracy, it helps lay the foundation for the feasibility of a LARGER conspiracy, promoted by a larger known player--Donald J. Trump.
With the RICO charges, that's what Willis is aiming for--convicting the "captain" of the conspiracy.
And you can expect more rats to abandon the SS Donald as the water continues to rise.
