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re: Arizona Grand Jury Wants to Indict TRUMP & Smith Asks For More Time on 2020 CON
TRUMP Lawyer Jenna Ellis Agrees to Cooperate w/AZ Prosecutors Against Rudy G, TRUMP & Others
Election Interference Judge Slaps Down Mass Coordinated Effort Ahead of Trump Hearing
--Judge Tanya Chutkan Tuesday rejected eight motions from anonymous parties who sought the right to file to the Washington D.C. docket under the Crime Victims Relief Act
AP 7 AUG 2024
Jenna Ellis, a former legal adviser for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, reached a cooperation agreement with Arizona prosecutors related to the alleged efforts to subvert President Biden's 2020 election victory in the state.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has agreed to drop nine felony charges against Ellis in exchange for her cooperation in the investigation into the alleged attempt to deliver the state's 11 Electoral College votes to Trump instead of Mr. Biden. The charges against her included fraud, forgery and conspiracy.
"This agreement represents a significant step forward in our case," Mayes said in a statement announcing the agreement, which was signed by Ellis on Monday.
Mayes called Ellis' insights "invaluable" as the investigation into the 17 other defendants in the case continues. The attorney general added that Ellis' cooperation "will greatly aid the State in proving its case in court."
According to the agreement, Ellis has agreed to testify against other defendants and provide prosecutors with materials related to the alleged scheme.
An Arizona grand jury indicted Ellis and 17 others, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, in April. All of the defendants pleaded not guilty.
The indictment alleged that Trump allies met on Dec. 14, 2020, to sign a certificate claiming to affirm Trump as the winner of the state, even though Mr. Biden had won by more than 10,000 votes. The fraudulent document was submitted to Congress as part of a broader conspiracy to challenge Mr. Biden's win when lawmakers gathered on Jan. 6, 2021.
Ellis served as a legal adviser to the former president's campaign during the 2020 election. She pleaded guilty in October in a Georgia election case and was sentenced to five years of probation. She also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in that case.
"In the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia, I failed to do my due diligence," she said at an October court appearance. "I believe in and I value election integrity.
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."
Election Interference Judge Slaps Down Mass Coordinated Effort on Trumps' Status
A "coordinated" effort to claim victim status in former President Donald Trumps' federal election interference case has been slapped down days before it returns to court, records show.
"They do not establish that they qualify as 'victim' under the CVRA's statutory definition," Chutkan ruled. "Consequently, the victim's rights enumerated in the CVRA do not attach...and the court is not persuaded that it is appropriate to depart from the ordinary course and permit this filing."
The initial filings do not appear on the public docket and it therefore remains unclear who stands behind what Business Insider legal correspondent Jacob Shamsian described as a "coordinated" effort. The fact that the filings are not public makes it unclear what their claims are.
The spate of filings arrive after months of delay in the historic case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith against the former president.
Smith accused Trump in August 2023 of conspiring to defraud the U.S. and obstruct official proceedings as he whipped up a baseless election fraud frenzy ahead of the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump pleaded not guilty and took a presidential immunity challenge to the Supreme Court, which ruled last month that Trump was protected from prosecution when he pressured the Justice department to back his election fraud claims.
The ruling spurred Florida federal court CROOKED Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss Smith's classified documents case against Trump, a ruling Smith has appealed.
Chutkan slapped down a dismissal demand from Trump over the weekend.
But the future of both cases hangs in the balance as former president's lawyers batter away at the prosecution and Trump makes his third run for the White House.
If Trump, the Republican nominee, is reelected, he could potentially kill both cases for good.
Chutkan has summoned both parties to a hearing on 16 Aug.
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