Posted on 11/15/2023 2:08:56 PM PST by Coronal
An attorney for one of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Fulton County district attorney's 2020 election interference case admitted at a hearing Wednesday that he had shared witness proffer videos of key figures in the case with a media outlet, saying he thought it was in his client's interest to do so.
Jonathan Miller, an attorney for Misty Hampton, made the confession during an emergency hearing for a protective order that was prompted by the publication of parts of the video statements of Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro and Scott Hall by ABC News and The Washington Post. The judge said he would issue a protective order barring the disclosure of certain discovery information by Thursday morning.
Powell, Ellis, Chesebro and Hall were among the original 18 defendants charged alongside former President Donald Trump in the racketeering case in August. All four have pleaded guilty to related charges. The proffer videos were made pursuant to their plea agreements, which required that they provide true and accurate information to prosecutors. The videos showed Ellis recounting a conversation with Trump adviser Dan Scavino in which he told her that Trump would not leave the White House regardless of the election results, and Powell testifying that Trump was repeatedly told by others that he’d lost the election.
"In being transparent with the court and to make sure that nobody else gets blamed for what happened and so that I can go to sleep well tonight, judge, I did release those videos to one outlet," Miller told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee during the hearing. "In all candor to the court, I need the court to know that," he said.
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“lawyer for TRUMP...................co-defendent”
No BIASS in that headline.
If they just say “lawyer for Misty Hampton”, nobody will know who they’re talking about. Trump is a reference point.
“If they just say “lawyer for Misty Hampton”, nobody will know …”
Nobody will automatically accuse Trump of criminality
What would be the use in that?
Shhhhh. Need to keep the appearance that Trump is a tortured persecuted individual.
Rats gotta have DT’s name in everything no matter how irreverent.
I think you meant “irrelevant”.
Is it irreverent to correct the irrelevant?
I watched the videos.
I was reminded of our POW’s held in Hanoi confessing to war crimes and accusing the United States.
LOL You are correct.
Oh! I thought only those prosecuting Trump could leak information to the press. Was I mistaken?
NBC was going to report on Biden receiving $40,000 in laundered money from CEFC, but this breaking story came up last minute, so they didn’t have time.
Thanks for making my point.
Trump’s lawyer didn’t release anything. Yet, Trump is smeared by the wording of the headline.
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