It is also not clear that these attorneys would implicate Trump if called.
Second, none will face jail time, and the prosecution has agreed that they did not commit crimes of moral turpitude. First, none pleaded guilty to a conspiracy with Trump or to racketeering. Moreover, their plea agreements had a number of notable omissions. Yet these lawyers were not just confident but enthusiastic after the election in pursuing the claims they now repudiate.
Jenna Ellis recently stated “Why I have chosen to distance is because of that frankly malignant narcissistic tendency to simply say that he’s never done anything wrong.” Likewise, Sidney Powell has argued that “no reasonable person would conclude that my statements were truly statements of fact” as opposed to opinions. Chesebro never believed in ‘the Big Lie'” and believes that Biden won the election. Kenneth Chesebro’s attorney, Scott Grubman, says that “Mr. Indeed, some sound like they were lured by the Siren call of Trump, led astray from their better legal judgment. Former President Donald Trump is being prosecuted for following the advice of his counsel, who are now effectively saying that he should not have believed what they were telling him. What is novel is the criminal “Siren’s call” theory of these cases.
