ATLANTA — Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally conspiring to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, making her the third attorney associated with the former president to accept a plea deal in the sweeping criminal racketeering case.
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Trump co-defendant Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election case
Ellis, a onetime Fox News regular who was a legal adviser to the Trump campaign, becomes the second co-defendant with known direct links to Trump to plead guilty in the case
By Holly Bailey
and Updated October 24, 2023 at 5:23 p.m. EDT|Published October 24, 2023 at 9:33 a.m. EDT