Chesebro gets cut from the indictment list with a plea deal to felony conspiracy with community service and probation. Details to follow. In conjunction with other cooperators like Sidney Powell, details of the electoral college fake elector scheme in conjunction with John Eastman will facilitate prosecution of J6 coup plotters including Mango Mussolini.
Trials are expensive for everyone involved—and that’s especially true of a trial expected to last five months or more. In addition to Chesebro’s own legal fees—and it’s unclear who, if anyone, other than Chesebro contributed to his legal defense costs—the county would have sustained costs of its own. 2/
A trial would have consumed the existing team for months while others litigate pretrial motions and discovery issues with the remaining defendants. 3/
But most importantly, it would have given those defendants — including Rudy, Eastman, Meadows, & Trump — a preview of the DA’s case. (My non-litigator of a husband has been pounding the table on this point for weeks; yes, honey, you were right.) 4/
And in the meantime, there were some uncertainties: Meadows’s appeal on removal is still pending in the 11th Circuit, which sought supplemental briefing in light of a recent opinion. The question of whether removal for one means removal for all is also open. 5/