Four of 19 indicted in Fulton now have flipped pleas to guilty, agreed to testify

This post was updated at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023.

Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for the Trump campaign in the 2020 presidential election, expressed regret on Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court after pleading guilty to making false statements about widespread voting fraud at a Georgia legislative hearing held several weeks after the 2020 election.

Ellis was sentenced to five years probation, ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution, and perform 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to one felony count of aiding and abetting false statements in writing.

On Tuesday, Ellis became the fourth defendant to plead guilty to charges in the election interference case that alleges that former President Donald Trump, several of his personal and campaign attorneys, and other Trump allies were involved in an illegal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election victory of Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Fulton prosecutors on Tuesday referenced the Dec. 3, 2020, Georgia Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in which Ellis was joined by Trump campaign attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Ray Smith where they made false statements claiming that nearly 100,000 fraudulent ballots were counted in Georgia, that 2,506 convicted felons voted illegally, and over 66,000 underage Georgians cast ballots in the 2020 election.

Prosecutors on Tuesday said that the false voting fraud claims were an attempt...

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