Attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro submitted one-sentence handwritten apology letters in a racketeering case brought by Georgia prosecutors against former President Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published the short letters on Thursday, obtained through a public records request. The letters were a requirement of the defendants’ plea deals.
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“I apologize for my actions in connection with the events in Coffee County,” Powell stated in her letter on Oct. 19.
One day later, Chesebro wrote, “I apologize to the citizens of the State of Georgia and of Fulton County for my involvement in Count 15 of the indictment.”
Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, another of the 19 defendants in the Fulton County 2020 election interference case against the former president, submitted a longer typed letter.
Addressing his letter to the citizens of Georgia, Hall wrote, “I wish I had never involved myself in the post-election activities that brought me before the court. I have never before been in trouble with the law and I meant no harm to anyone,” and added his actions were his “own” and didn’t act “on behalf of any organization or any other person or persons.”
“Although I certainly did not mean to violate any laws, I now realize that I did and have accepted responsibility for my actions. I offer my sincere apology to the Citizens of the State of Georgia,” Hall said.
Hall was the first defendant to enter a plea in the case in September, followed by Powell and Chesebro in mid-October, and Jenna Ellis became the third former lawyer to plead guilty to felony charges days later on Oct. 24.
Ellis read her apology letter through tears before Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee following her guilty plea. Ellis said, “As an attorney who is also a Christian, I take my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously and I endeavor to be a person of sound moral and ethical character in all of my dealings.”
“In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, I believed that challenging the results on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a just and legal way,” Ellis said, adding she relied on others, including lawyers, to give her “true and reliable information,” adding, “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.”
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The four co-defendants were required to submit an apology letter under their plea agreements.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis suggested more of Trump’s co-defendants could take a plea deal in the Georgia case in an interview with the Associated Press this week.
