Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis found out for herself what happens when you're no longer useful to Don the Con.
Ellis--who, in full disclosure, blocked me on Twitter in 2020--worked so closely with Rudy Giuliani that he gave her COVID-19. She'll now be cooperating with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in the fake electors scheme.
She was charged in Georgia after she appeared with Giuliani at a December 2020 hearing in the Georgia Capitol conducted by state Republican lawmakers, during which she made false allegations of election. She had pleaded guilty in October 2023 to one felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings.
Ellis had previously pleaded Not Guilty to fraud, forgery, and a conspiracy charge in the Arizona case.
Seventeen other people charged in the case have also pleaded not guilty to the felony charges — including Giuliani, Trump's former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and 11 Republicans who each submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring Trump had won Arizona in the 2020 election.
The Arizona state attorney general’s office announced the deal on Monday, releasing a statement explaining how the inside information Ellis can provide about the Trump campaign and its efforts to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after losing to Joe Biden in 2020.
“Her insights are invaluable and will greatly aid the State in proving its case in court,” Attorney General Kris Mayes said in the press statement. “As I stated when the initial charges were announced, I will not allow American democracy to be undermined — it is far too important. Today’s announcement is a win for the rule of law.”
Donald Trump did not pay Ellis' legal fees, a pattern for most of his loyalist lawyers who've ended up in legal hot water on his behalf. No word yet on whether or not she's paid back the money she grifted from his MAGA base before she was convicted.