The decision by attorney Sidney Powell to accept a plea deal in Georgia to avoid jail time in return for testifying for prosecutors in a wide-ranging racketeering trial that includes Donald Trump will have major implications for the former president's other trials.
That is the opinion of CNN legal analyst Elie Honig who stated Powell will now become a valuable witness for Special Counsel Jack Smith's pursuit of the former president in a Washington, D.C., courtroom.
Moments after news broke that Powell took a deal, which was predicted by former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance writing for MSNBC earlier, Honig explained to CNN co-hosts John Berman and Kate Bolduan that Trump's legal problems just grew exponentially worse.
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"It is important to remember who Sidney Powell is," he began after being prompted by Bolduan. "She is one of Donald Trump's closest loyalists, she is someone Donald Trump has claimed he relied on in his efforts to steal the election."
"This is a major breakthrough for prosecutors that could be potentially devastating to Donald Trump," he continued before adding, "What is going to happen now is that Sidney Powell is going to testify for prosecutors in Georgia and presumably, is prepared to testify for Jack Smith in the case in Washington, D.C."
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