Sidney Powell Now ‘Very Likely To Become a Witness Against Donald Trump,’ Reports CNN Justice Correspondent

CNN justice and crime reporter Katelyn Polantz broke the news on Thursday that former top Trump election lawyer Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy related to her efforts to help former President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Powell’s plea deal reportedly included no jail time, but will require her to cooperate with state and federal prosecutors in future trials. Polantz noted that this development means Powell is now “very likely to become a witness against Donald Trump” in his election-related trials.

“This is quite a significant development this morning, John and Kate. What we have now is Sidney Powell, one of the top lawyers that was working for Donald Trump after the 2020 election,” Polantz began, adding:

She is pleading guilty in the election subversion case that she is charged criminally in Georgia. This is the state-level case against her and 18 other defendants, including Donald Trump, including Mark Meadows, including Rudy Giuliani. And in that case, she is not only pleading guilty to some charges there, she’s in court currently at this very moment, entering that plea before a judge.

She also is agreeing as part of this deal to testify at future trials. So Sidney Powell is lined up essentially to go to trial at the end of this week alongside one other defendant, in that case, another lawyer, Ken Hasbro. She’s not going to be going to trial now, so she’s taking this plea deal. She will not have that trial. She will also be in a situation where prosecutors will be recommending her to avoid jail time as part of this deal. But it’s significant that not only is she avoiding the trial, not only is she putting in this guilty plea that she is very likely to become a witness against Donald Trump and the others as they go to trial in Georgia. And there’s a lot here at stake, not only in Georgia, but also in the federal court in D.C., where another criminal case against the former president exists and where Sidney Powell has been identified as a top coconspirator there.

“And so what this means for Donald Trump going forward is it’s not good for him to have people pleading and agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors, whether it’s at the federal level or state level,” she noted, adding:

So having Sidney Powell agreeing to testify is quite a significant step forward for the prosecutors in Georgia, as well as potentially any other prosecutors who are bringing and trying to prosecute cases against Donald Trump at trial.

Other legal analysis and pundits were quick to weigh in on Powell’s deal:

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