Fulton County, Georgia

Kenneth Chesebro, a former attorney for President Donald Trump and co-defendant in the Georgia election interference case, has taken a last-minute plea deal in which he has agreed to testify in the case.

Chesebro pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing of false documents and will receive five years’ probation and a $5,000 fine, in exchange for agreeing to testify and provide documents and evidence.

The agreement is the first felony plea deal among the 19 defendants in the case. Two other defendants have also taken deals.

Chesebro’s deal came after the jury selection process in his case had already gotten underway Friday.

Chesebro, an attorney, was facing seven counts after prosecutors said he drafted a strategy to use so-called “alternate electors” to prevent Joe Biden from receiving 270 electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election, according to the Fulton County DA’s indictment.

Speaking outside the courthouse, Chesebro’s attorney described the plea agreement as an offer he couldn’t refuse.

“He gets to go home to his family now … and not spend one day in jail,” attorney Scott Grubman said. “He was facing very, very serious charges.”

Trump’s defense attorney in Georgia, Steve Sadow, said he expected Chesebro’s truthful testimony to help Trump’s defense, especially with respect to the racketeering (RICO) charge.

Chesebro’s plea comes a day after former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell took a plea deal in which she received probation in exchange for agreeing to testify. Prosecutors had accused her of helping tamper with voting machines in Coffee County as part of efforts to overturn the election.

Powell and Chesebro were both originally scheduled to go to trial next week after both demanded speedy trials.

Powell, Chesebro, Trump, and 16 others pleaded not guilty in August to all charges in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state of Georgia.

Georgia bail bondsman Scott Hall last month took a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to tampering with voting machine equipment and received probation in exchange for agreeing to testify at the trial of other co-defendants.

You can read the Indictment HERE:

Indictment – State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump, et al, Case # 23SC188947

The case is State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump, et al, Case # 23SC188947