Trump's Legal Troubles Deepen as Lawyer Pleads Guilty in 2020 Election Case

Donald Trump's chances of being convicted in the federal 2020 election subversion case may have increased after his top election lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro, took a plea deal in the Fulton county case and admitted that the effort to create fake slates of electors was fraudulent. Chesebro's plea deal could incriminate Trump in both the Georgia and federal criminal cases, potentially bolstering the argument that Trump conspired to defraud the United States in trying to overturn the election results. Chesebro's admission that the fake electors were fraudulent strengthens the charge that Trump and his allies used deceit to stop Congress from certifying the election results.