An article in The Guardian by Hugo Lowell and Sam Levine is called "Trump ally is first to plead guilty in Georgia elections case." The subheadline tells more of the story - "Former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall pleads guilty to five criminal counts and must testify against co-defendants."
Much of the article appears below.
"Former Republican bail bondsman Scott Hall, one of the 19 people charged alongside Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia, entered into a plea agreement on Friday, becoming the first defendant to plead guilty in the sprawling criminal case.
The surprise move from Hall came after he gave a recorded statement, it was revealed in court, to prosecutors who are almost certain to use that testimony against the former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell when she goes to trial in October accused of several of the same crimes.
A live video of the court proceeding showed Hall pleading guilty to five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties, a misdemeanor charge.
Hall was sentenced to five years' probation, a $5,000 fine, 200 hours of community service, and to write an apology letter to the state.
The description of the plea agreement suggested prosecutors were interested in having Hall flip against Trump and the other co-defendants in the wider Rico case, but especially against people like Powell who had similar legal exposure to him and also had direct links to Trump.
Hall was indicted by an Atlanta-area grand jury last month on charges, brought by the Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, that he had played a role in trying to reverse Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election in a brazen plot to access voting machines in Coffee county, Georgia."
This is the first shoe to drop in the election meddling case against Donald Trump. A guilty plea should be a wake up call that this is the real deal. The former president is just one of several people who may be found guilty in this case. From what I have heard and read, the former president appears to be guilty of what he is accused of. The find-me-the-votes call, even Cassidy Hutchinson said she heard from her boss' speaker phone is quite damaging. To be frank it is not often you hear a president breaking the law so clearly.
I have said since January 7, 2021 that Donald Trump's political career is over, but it would take Republicans awhile to realize that. These cases have shown a drip, drip, drip of guilt requiring at long last accountability of the former president. My strong suggestion is they look for a more pristine candidate than this illicit acting person.
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