Sidney Powell Admits Attempting to Reverse Trump's Defeat in Georgia Election, Commits to Witnessing in Codefendants' Trials

Written by Bess Levin

Bad news seems to be a common occurrence when someone is on their fourth indictment in just a matter of months, on trial for the future of their notorious business, and risking another hit for defamation. President Donald Trump found himself came face-to-face with this harsh reality on a Thursday.

The blow fell when lawyer Sidney Powell admitted guilt in her attempt to reverse Trump's 2020 election loss to Georgia. Specifically, Powell confessed—to six misdemeanor counts of deliberately trying to interfere with election tasks, resulting in six years of probation, a $6,000 fine, and a responsibility to pen an apology letter to Georgia and its inhabitants. The most remarkable aspect? Powell decided to testify against her fellow defendants in forthcoming trials.

As reported by The Washington Post, Powell is Trump's second co-defendant, out of a total of 18 in the Fulton County racketeering case, to accept a plea deal; the first being bail bondsman Scott Hall. Her plea, however, poses a much more severe threat to Trump, as she is directly linked to the former president and his coterie—making her admission of guilt in the Georgia case a potentially far-reaching move.

A key adviser to Trump and for a short while part of his inner circle, Powell was present in a notorious Oval Office meet on December 18, 2020. This infamous meeting, characterized by a vocal altercation and near combat between a chief White House lawyer and Michael Flynn, a past national security adviser aiding Trump in overturning his loss, saw Trump contemplating measures that he eventually did not take, such as confiscating voting machines from critical counties and possibly rerunning the election via the National Guard.

The extent to which the Trump campaign was aware of Powell's actions in Coffee County remains a mystery, along with whether she will bring co-defendants, such as the ex-mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, or Trump himself, into the picture when she testifies.

John Fishwick, a former US attorney for the Western District of Virginia, emphasized the severity of such a crucial player admitting guilt in these accusations during his conversation with the Associated Press.

In August, Trump denied the allegations from Fulton County and, in a historic first, had his mug shot captured as a former president.