During an appearance on MSNBC early Saturday morning, the attorney for former Donald Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro attempted to downplay his client's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and host Katie Phang was not having it.
Attorney Scott Grubman was on to discuss the plea deal his client agreed to that puts his client at the mercy of investigators working on the Georgia RICO case that swept up 19 defendants including the former president.
Speaking with Phang, the attorney tried to downplay Chesebro's part in the fake elector plot which led the MSNBC host to remind him his client just pleaded guilty to a felony charge in an effort to stay out of jail.
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"The RICO charge was dropped and so I think it's important to note that Mr. Chesbro did not plead guilty to RICO," Grubman told the host. "Mr. Chesebro pled guilty to conspiracy to commit a filing of false documents."
"While Mr. Chesebro was ready for trial, we were ready for trial, this was the best outcome. He is now home with his family and he can put this behind him," he added.
"Yes, but Scott, I have to push back -- your client pled to a felony," host Phang shot back. "He's the first one to have to plead to a felony thus far. And it's not just he pled to conspiracy to commit a filing of false documents. Let's dig a little bit deeper: he pled guilty, didn't plead no contest."
"He said I am guilty of count 15 of the indictment which implicates Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastmanin a conspiracy to file a fake elector certificate knowing that that was not true!" she elaborated. "So your client may have gotten a probationary deal, but at this stage, he has admitted that the big lie was a lie and that everything he was doing was not right."
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