Jenna Ellis to Aid Prosecutors in Arizona Case

Former attorney for Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, Jenna Ellis, has reached a cooperation agreement with prosecutors in the Arizona election subversion case, as announced by the state’s attorney general on Monday. As part of this deal, the charges against her will be dropped. Ellis is expected to testify against other defendants involved in the case, which centers on efforts to present fake slates of electors to overturn the 2020 election results. Ellis faced multiple felony charges in Arizona, similar to those she encountered in Georgia, where she pleaded guilty last year. In that case, she received a sentence of five years probation and was ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution. Alongside Ellis, several Trump associates, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and attorney Rudy Giuliani, were also charged in both Arizona and Georgia, with Meadows and Giuliani maintaining their not guilty pleas. In a reflective statement following her guilty plea in Georgia, Ellis expressed regret over her involvement, stating, “If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges.” The Arizona charges allege that Ellis collaborated with others to propagate false claims of voter fraud and urged the state legislature to overturn the election results. While Trump himself has not been charged in the Arizona case, he is identified as “Unindicted Coconspirator 1” in the original indictment. He has pleaded not guilty in the related Georgia election conspiracy case.