According to emails uncovered by the New York Times, attorney Kenneth Chesebro acknowledged a political agenda in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a revelation that could hamper Chesebro’s defense when his case goes to trial in Fulton County as early as next week. The Times published quotes from Dec. 24, 2020 emails seeming to show that Chesebro and other Trump lawyers were considering the political ramifications of the potential legal action challenging election results in Wisconsin ahead of the official counting of the Electoral College votes in Congress. 6” would later become shorthand for the riot at the U.S. Capitol, in which thousands of Trump supporters seeking to overturn the 2020 election broke in and delayed the certification of Joe Biden as president. Chesebro’s attorneys have tried to argue that the case against him should be thrown out in part because of attorney-client privilege. Chesebro and Trump attorney Sidney Powell are set to begin trial Oct. 23.

Source: New York Times October 19, 2023 04:14 UTC