ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Four of the 18 people with participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia have now negotiated deals with prosecutors, pleading guilty to reduced charges in exchange for their truthful testimony in future trials.
Lawyer on Tuesday became the latest to turn against Trump, pleading guilty to a felony charge in exchange for a sentence of probation rather than prison time. Fellow attorneys and reached similar deals last week, just as their trial in the case was because they had invoked their rights to a speedy trial. Bail bondsman last month was the first to plead guilty.
Trump and the others charged in the case have pleaded not guilty.
The sweeping indictment, brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in August, capped an investigation that had lasted more than two years and marked the fourth criminal case brought against the Republican former president. Its 41 counts , violating the oath of a public officer, forgery, false statements and other offenses.
Here鈥檚 a look at the 19 people charged:
DONALD TRUMP
Then-President Trump fixated on Georgia after the 2020 general election, refusing to accept his narrow loss in the state and making unfounded assertions of widespread election fraud there. He also called top state officials, including Gov. Brian Kemp, to urge them to find a way to reverse his loss in the state. In a with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Trump suggested the state鈥檚 top elections official could help 鈥渇ind鈥� the votes needed for him to win the state. Willis opened the investigation into possible illegal attempts to influence the election shortly after a recording of that call was made public.
RUDY GIULIANI
During several legislative hearings at the Georgia Capitol in December 2020, the promoted unsupported allegations of widespread election fraud in Georgia. Prosecutors have said was also involved in a plan to have 16 Georgia Republicans serve as fake electors, falsely swearing that Trump had won the 2020 presidential election and declaring themselves the state鈥檚 鈥渄uly elected and qualified鈥� electors.
JOHN EASTMAN
, one of Trump鈥檚 lawyers and a former dean of Chapman University's law school in 麻豆传媒AVern California, was deeply involved in some of his after the 2020 election. He wrote a memo arguing that Trump could remain in power if then-Vice President Mike Pence overturned the results of the electoral certification during a joint session of Congress. That plan included putting in place a slate of in seven battleground states, including Georgia, who would falsely certify that Trump had won their states.
MARK MEADOWS
Trump鈥檚 chief of staff visited Cobb County, in the Atlanta suburbs, while state investigators were conducting an audit of the signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in December 2020. obtained the phone number of the chief investigator for the secretary of state鈥檚 office, Frances Watson, and passed it along to Trump, who called her. He also participated in the between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
SIDNEY POWELL
A lawyer and staunch Trump ally, was present for a now-infamous December 2020 meeting at the White House where participants hatched far-fetched schemes. She also was part of a group that met at the 麻豆传媒AV Carolina home of conservative attorney Lin Wood in November 2020 鈥渇or the purpose of exploring options to influence the results of the November 2020 elections in Georgia and elsewhere,鈥� prosecutors said. Additionally, prosecutors alleged Powell was involved in arranging for a computer forensics team to travel to rural , about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta, to copy data and software from elections equipment there in January 2021.
KENNETH CHESEBRO
Prosecutors have said Chesebro, an attorney, worked with Republicans in numerous swing states Trump lost, including Georgia, in the weeks after the November 2020 election at the direction of Trump鈥檚 campaign. Chesebro worked on the coordination and to have 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate declaring falsely that Trump won and declaring themselves the state鈥檚 鈥渄uly elected and qualified鈥� electors.
JEFFREY CLARK
A U.S. Justice Department official who championed Trump鈥檚 false claims of election fraud, Clark presented colleagues with a draft letter pushing Georgia officials to convene a special legislative session on the election results, according to testimony before the U.S. House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Clark wanted the letter sent, but Justice Department superiors refused.
JENNA ELLIS
The lawyer appeared with Giuliani at a Dec. 3, 2020, hearing hosted by state Republican lawmakers at the Georgia Capitol during which false allegations of election fraud were made. also wrote at least two legal memos to Trump and his attorneys advising that Pence should 鈥渄isregard certified electoral college votes from Georgia and other purportedly 鈥榗ontested鈥� states鈥� when Congress met to certify the election results on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said.
RAY SMITH
A Georgia-based lawyer, Smith was involved in multiple lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. He also gathered witnesses to provide testimony before Georgia legislative subcommittee hearings held in December 2020 on alleged issues with the state鈥檚 election.
ROBERT CHEELEY
A Georgia lawyer, Cheeley presented video clips to legislators of election workers at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta and alleged the workers were counting votes twice or sometimes three times. He spoke to the lawmakers after Giuliani.
MICHAEL ROMAN
A former White House aide who served as the director of Trump鈥檚 election day operations, Roman was involved in efforts to put forth a set of fake electors after the 2020 election.
DAVID SHAFER
The chairman of the Georgia GOP, Shafer was one of 16 state Republicans who met at the state Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020, to sign a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won and also declaring themselves the state鈥檚 鈥渄uly elected and qualified鈥� electors. He also joined Trump in a lawsuit challenging the certification of the 2020 election in Georgia.
SHAWN STILL
He was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won the state and declaring themselves the state鈥檚 鈥渄uly elected and qualified鈥� electors. Still was the finance chairman for the state GOP in 2020 and served as a Georgia delegate to the Republican National Convention that year. He was elected to the Georgia state Senate in November 2022 and represents a district in Atlanta鈥檚 suburbs.
STEPHEN CLIFFGARD LEE
Prosecutors say Cliffgard Lee, a pastor, worked with others to try to pressure Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman and her daughter after Trump and his allies falsely accused them of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase during the vote count. Lee allegedly knocked on Freeman鈥檚 door, frightening her and causing her to call 911 three times, prosecutors said in a court filing last year.
HARRISON WILLIAM PRESCOTT FLOYD
Also known as Willie Lewis Floyd III, he served as director of Black Voices for Trump, and is accused of recruiting Lee to arrange a meeting with Freeman and Chicago-based publicist Trevian Kutti.
TREVIAN C. KUTTI
Prosecutors allege Kutti, a publicist, claimed to have high-level law enforcement connections. They say Freeman met with Kutti at a police precinct, where she brought Floyd into the conversation on a speakerphone. Prosecutors say Kutti presented herself as someone who could help Freeman but then pressured her to falsely confess to election fraud.
CATHY LATHAM
Latham was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won the state and declaring themselves the state鈥檚 鈥渄uly elected and qualified鈥� electors. She was also chair of the Republican Party. She was at the county elections office for much of the day on Jan. 7, 2021, and welcomed a computer forensics team that arrived to copy software and data from the county鈥檚 election equipment in what the secretary of state鈥檚 office has said was 鈥渦nauthorized access鈥� to the machines.
SCOTT GRAHAM HALL
An Atlanta-area bail bondsman, Hall was allegedly that was the property of Dominion Voting Systems from Coffee County, a small south Georgia jurisdiction. Also charged in the scheme were Powell, Latham and former county elections supervisor Misty Hampton.
MISTY HAMPTON
She was the elections director in . Hampton was present in the county elections office on Jan. 7, 2021, when a computer forensics team copied software and data from the county鈥檚 election equipment. She also allowed two other men who had been active in efforts to question the 2020 election results to access the elections office later that month and to spend hours inside with the equipment.
Kate Brumback, The Associated Press
