'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell to plead guilty in Georgia election case

Sidney Powell, the conspiracy-mongering attorney whose false claims about Dominion Voting Systems rigging the 2020 election came from a woman who claimed that she could speak with the wind, is pleading guilty to criminal charges.

As reported by CNN's Kaitlan Collins, "Powell will be required to testify at future trials and write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia" as part of her plea deal.

According to Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter Tamar Hallerman, Powell will avoid jail time as part of the deal but will have six years of probation, and will also pay a $6,000 fine and a $2,700 restitution to the state.

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Powell is also facing a defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems related to her false claims about the company conspiring with the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to steal elections from conservatives all over the world.

Powell's false claims against Dominion, which were promoted by both Trump and the Republican National Committee on its Twitter account, were so far-fetched that even many Trump allies who believed that there was mass voter fraud in the 2020 election thought she went too far.

Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro, for instance, argued that Powell was "the worst thing that ever happened" to their efforts to keep the former president in power.