Georgia Prosecutor And Judge May Have Broken The Law Sentencing Jenna Ellis
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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY:
And he said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.
- Mark 16:6 NASB95
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TODAY’S SUBSTACK:
TRUMPED UP CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP LAWYER ELLIS
*footnotes can be found at the bottom of the post
Today I’m going to get right into it. The Georgia prosecutors likely fabricated fake charges against Jenna Ellis, which she willingly took. The charges are related to Trump challenging the 2020 election results in Georgia.
side note: for a great deep dive into how the Left completely upended election integrity and created vulnerabilities that are exploited to win elections, Our Broken Elections by Hans Von Spakovsky is a must-read.
According to a transcript of the court proceeding of her indictment, Ellis was charged with “aiding and abetting false statements and writings under accusation 23SC190514”. [1]
It is noteworthy that both the charging document and the actual citation of the law are completely absent from the whole proceeding. I searched Fulton County’s records for Jenna Ellis’s trial and came up with a 23SC188947 document, which is different from the aforementioned document. [3]
So in the absense of the actual charging documents, I must speculate what the Georgia code was that was used for the charge.
Considering the prosecutor for Fulton County stated “The false statements were made with reckless disregard of the truth and what, and with conspicuous purpose to avoid learning the truth”, [1] we can say the charges are most likely related to § 16-10-20 of the 2020 Georgia Code Title 16 Article 2
However, these charges must prove willful attempts to push information the party knew was false. The Georgia code states the following under § 16-10-20:
“A person who knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or makes or uses any false writing or document, knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of state government or of the government of any county, city, or other political subdivision of this state shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.” [2]
The problem is, Ellis’s own statement proves she did not knowingly do any of the above. In fact, she said that she believed the statements were true at the time.
She says in her statement to the court:
“What I did not do, but should have done, Your Honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were in fact true. In the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia, I failed to do my due diligence. I believe in and I value election integrity. If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post election challenges.” [1]
The Georgia Code states a party must KNOWINGLY spread untrue statements. Ellis did not KNOWINGLY do that.
She said “If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post election challenges.”
So, if the basis of these charges is § 16-10-20, then there is no case. She didn’t knowingly do anything. The charges are bunk.
But what’s even more interesting is the fine itself violates the very law likely used to charge Ellis. The court transcript shows she was charged a fine of $5,000. [1] The law states the fine cannot exceed $1,000. So, if § 16-10-20 is the law being used here, the judge literally broke the law while sentencing Ellis.
However, it gets worse. Ellis was also charged with 5 years’ probation. The judge literally states “On the sole count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings, the sentence would be five years probation.” [1]
Please tell me where in the world that is present in § 16-10-20 of the Georgia Legal Code? Hint: It isn’t.
In fact, I would love to know where that charge is present anywhere at all with that sentence in the entire Georgia Legal Code since it is certainly not in § 16-10-20.
In the interest of being factually accurate, I did my due diligence. I searched left and right for any possible other law that could be used here. But all of the $5,000 charges I found were for fraud, bribery, theft, etc. [4] Not one was for aiding and abetting untrue statements. So far as I can tell, only § 16-10-20 is the Georgia Code section covering aiding and abetting untrue statements.
So it appears that the judge, prosecutor, Fulton County DA’s office, and even Ellis herself are all unaware of what the law actually says.
And the judge and peosecutor also therefore may have unknowingly broken the very same law they likely didn’t even properly consult.
How incompetent can things possibly get?
SOURCES:
[1] https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/transcript-of-jenna-ellis's-plea-hearing-in-georgia
[2] https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2020/title-16/chapter-10/article-2/section-16-10-20/
[3] https://publicrecordsaccess.fultoncountyga.gov/Portal/Home/WorkspaceMode?p=0
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