Trump had previously tried to put distance between him and Powell due to her promotion of wild election fraud conspiracy theories.
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Former president and current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump denied that Sidney Powell was ever his attorney in a post on Truth Social Sunday—just days after Powell accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to criminal charges against her in Fulton County, Georgia, for helping Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.Key Facts
In Sunday’s post to his social media site, Trump called Powell “one of millions and millions of people who thought … correctly, that the 2020 Presidential Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN [sic],” but denied that she was ever his attorney.
Trump wrote that Powell “would have been conflicted” if she was his attorney as she represented General Michael Flynn, who briefly served as Trump’s National Security Adviser and pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts in Russia at the start of the Trump presidency—but was ultimately pardoned by Trump.
