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Watch Jenna Ellis’s teary-eyed court statement during her plea deal [1]

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Date: 2023-10-24  

On Tuesday, former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis became the latest Trump associate to cut a plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia regarding her role in the racketeering case to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The bluster Ellis has been known for was gone on Tuesday as she semi-sobbed through a brief statement to the court during which she sort of took responsibility for trying to help reverse the decision of millions of Georgians while squarely blaming others for misleading her.

I endeavored to represent my client to the best of my ability. I relied on others, including lawyers with many more years of experience than I, to provide me with true and reliable information, especially since my role involved speaking to the media and to legislators in various states. What I did not do, but should have done, your Honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true. [...] If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post election challenges.”

Ellis finished by claiming some responsibility: “I have taken responsibility already before the Colorado Bar who censured me, and I now take responsibility before this court and apologize to the people of Georgia.”

It is important to note here that Ellis has a history of selling herself as a deeply moral Christian and has previously pleaded ignorance when faced with consequences for “mistakes” she has made in the past. She has demonstrably lied in all of those previous scenarios.

Here’s a reminder of the kind of person Ellis is—from all the way back in May of 2023.

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