Sidney Powell has agreed to plea guilty for her efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but that doesn’t mean she’s going to flip on Trump.

  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The first excerpt is from the right-wing Epoch Times, quoting Trump attorney Steve Sadow saying the pleas by Powell and others were the result of pressure from Willis under threat of prison time. The story cites Sadow saying that Powell’s testimony could only be favorable to Trump if she testifies truthfully.

    They’ll know if she’s testifying untruthfully and will adjust her sentencing accordingly. This is all so Trump’s mob doesn’t go after her is my guess.

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      The plea deals absolutely were the result of the threat of prison time. They pleaded out because they’re guilty, and know they would be convicted if they went to trial.

      Of course a Trump attorney is going to say he’s innocent, and that truthful testimony from Powell will be “favorable” to Trump. He’s defending his client. That’s what defense attorneys do.

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      Yeah this is definitely hopium from the right. She’ll have signed some kind of sworn statement that has some sort of value to the prosecution or this deal wouldn’t be on. If she she says anything but what she’s already sworn to, she’ll have perjury charges, the plea deal will be off (since testifying truthfully is one of the terms), and it won’t really provide any help for Trump even if she decided to perjure herself out of loyalty. No jury would view that witness as credible. Judge would probably instruct the testimony to be disregarded or something too.