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DONALD TRUMP GETS GOOD NEWS AS DOMINOES IN GEORGIA CASE FALL

Nov 13, 2023 at 9:18 AM EST


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Donald Trump Gets Good News as Dominoes In Georgia Case Fall
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Former President Donald Trump received good news in his 2020 election case in
Fulton County, Georgia, as a co-defendant announced recently that he would not
be taking a plea deal.

One of Trump's co-defendants, Reverend Stephen Cliffgard Lee, announced at an
event last week that he has no plans to take a plea deal in the case brought by
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis relating to alleged attempts to
overturn the 2020 election in the county, the Chicago Tribune reported.

"I am not going to plead out to a lie," Lee said at a fundraiser hosted by the
Families of Faith Ministries. "I'm not going to cooperate with evil. This is
bigger than me."



Newsweek reached out to Trump's spokesperson and Lee's lawyer via email for
comment.

In Fulton County, Trump and 17 other co-defendants have been indicted on
accusations relating to the alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election, as
well as violating the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
(RICO) Act.


Former President Donald Trump at a campaign event on November 11, 2023, in
Claremont, New Hampshire. One of Trump's co-defendants in the Fulton County case
has announced that he's not taking a plea deal. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

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Trump has continued to deny any wrongdoing in the Fulton County case and has
criticized Willis in response to the indictment.

The former president's legal team announced in September that they were not
requesting the Fulton County case to be moved to federal court.

"This decision is based on his well-founded confidence that this honorable court
intends to fully and completely protect his constitutional right to a fair trial
and guarantee him due process of law throughout the prosecution of his case in
the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia," his lawyers said in a filing.


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Some of Trump's other co-defendants—Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro
and Scott Hall—have already accepted a plea deal in the case.

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"If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald
Trump, in these postelection challenges...I look back on this whole experience
with deep remorse," Ellis, a former Trump attorney, said in court while
accepting her plea deal.

In response to Powell's plea deal, Trump issued a post on TruthSocial claiming
that she was never part of his legal team.



"Sidney Powell was one of millions and millions of people who thought, and in
ever increasing numbers still think, correctly, that the 2020 Presidential
Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN," Trump said last month. "Despite the Fake News
reports to the contrary, and without even reaching out to ask the Trump
Campaign, MS. POWELL WAS NOT MY ATTORNEY, AND NEVER WAS."

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