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Attorneys for Georgia racketeering case co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell are once again arguing to have their clients' charges dismissed, saying they were wrongly targeted. But according to a report from The Messenger, prosecutors brought in the "godfather" of RICO cases to argue against them.

Chesebro and Powell have pleaded not guilty to seven state felony charges in regards to the 41-count Fulton County grand jury indictment.

According to Chesebro attorney Manny Arora the RICO charges against his client betray the “legislative intent” of the law. He then tried to enter an affidavit from Georgia State Sen. Chuck Clay, but prosecutors rejected it. ...

Prosecutors have unearthed a previously unknown memo drafted by a lawyer allied with former President Donald Trump that outlined a plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election that even he knew to be illegal, reported The New York Times on Tuesday.

"The existence of the Dec. 6, 2020, memo came to light in last week’s indictment of Mr. Trump, though its details remained unclear. But a copy obtained by The New York Times shows for the first time that the lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro, acknowledged from the start that he was proposing 'a bold, controversial strategy' that the Supreme Court 'likely' would reject in the end," reported Maggie Haberman, Charlie Savage, and Luke Broadwater. "But even if the plan did not ultimately pass legal muster at the highest level, Mr. Chesebro argued that it would achieve two goals. It would focus attention on claims of voter fraud and 'buy the Trump campaign more time to win litigation that would deprive Biden of electoral votes and/or add to Trump’s column.'"

The memo argued for the appointment of fake electors, and outlined a "messaging" strategy to use them as evidence of the former president's supposed victory....