« There’s no way this can be spun as a good thing for Trump, » a criminal defense lawyer and former New York prosecutor told Insider.
Donald Trump should be worried after two of his former attorneys flipped and took last-minute plea deals in the Georgia 2020 election interference case against him, a former New York prosecutor told Insider on Friday.
Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro striking deals with prosecutors in the Fulton County district attorney’s case charging Trump and his allies over efforts to overturn the former president’s loss in the state in the 2020 election could be « potentially devastating, » said Mark Bederow, a former prosecutor for the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
« There’s no way this can be spun as a good thing for Trump, » said Bederow. He emphasized that it’s « real bad with a capital B » for Trump.
Bederow added, « Nobody wants co-defendants pleading guilty and flipping on remaining defendants whether it’s Trump or anyone else. »
Chesebro and Powell were among 18 co-defendants charged alongside Trump in the sprawling case. Using the state’s version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (known as RICO), prosecutors allege that the co-defendants operated a « criminal organization » to conspire to overturn the 2020 election results.
