on Thursday to six misdemeanors in connection with the illegal breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia, conducted by a forensics firm that she hired. But there are still some open questions that could implicate Trump and Giuliani about how the Coffee County breach and theft of voter information related to the broader scheme, as Anna Bower lays out in an article in Lawfare, and whether there was any connection between Trump’s tweet announcing his Jan. 6 rally and a meeting Powell attended in the Oval Office the day before.
As for Chesebro, he was the architect of the fake electors scheme whereby Republicans in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin signed affidavits that claimed Trump had won their states and that they were the true electors, then submitted them to Congress. In pleading guilty, Chesebro admitted that the fake elector effort was an illegal conspiracy designed to “disrupt and delay the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021.”
As part of this conspiracy, Chesebro was in regular contact with Eastman, who provided legal advice on how to manipulate the Electoral Count Act that governs Congress’ counting of the electoral votes on Jan. 6. The two lawyers also exchanged emails and phone calls over the Jan. 6 strategy.
Similarly, Chesebro worked closely with Giuliani in the effort to contact and convince the fake electors to do their part. He could also speak to the strategy and planning that involved Giuliani.
By turning these three lawyers, Willis has secured vital testimony from key participants who were close to the leaders of the alleged conspiracy and the top targets of her indictment: Trump and Giuliani. These losses for Team Trump are likely to be bigger than any forthcoming primary victory for the former president.
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