Former President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” Efforts Receive Major Blow as Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty to Election Interference Charges

Former President Donald Trump continued to push lies about a stolen election while reacting to lawyer Sidney Powell’s decision to accept a plea deal from Georgia prosecutors trying Trump and associates with racketeering and conspiracy.

In a Sunday morning post on Truth Social, the former president straddled the line between defending Powell and trying to distance himself from the attorney, who was a key figure in Trump’s 2020 “Stop the Steal” efforts.

Powell pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit election interference in Fulton County Superior Court last week, a day before she was set to stand trial on felony racketeering charges.

In his post, Trump wrote that Powell was one of “millions and millions of people who thought, and in ever increasing numbers still think, correctly, that the 2020 Presidential Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN.” He also attempted to distance himself from Powell, claiming that she was never actually his lawyer.

The plea deal comes after Powell was accused of attempting to interfere with the 2020 election by filing a series of baseless lawsuits in an attempt to overturn the results. The lawsuits were widely seen as an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the election and cast doubt on the results.

The plea deal is a major blow to Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results and casts further doubt on the legitimacy of his claims of a stolen election. It also serves as a reminder that the former president and his associates are still facing legal consequences for their attempts to interfere with the election.