Office of Arizona Attorney General Chris Mayes announced Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump’s former attorney and one of 18 defendants in the Arizona voter fraud case stemming from the 2020 election, is cooperating with prosecutors on Monday.
Ellis signed the cooperation agreement Monday morning, according to the announcement, as prosecutors dropped the charges against him.
“This agreement is a significant step forward in our work,” said Mayes, a Democrat. “I am grateful to Ms. Ellis for her cooperation with our investigation and prosecution.
In 2023 Ellis pleaded guilty to meddling in the Georgia election The case in which Trump is also accused. He was Trump’s chief legal adviser from early 2019 until he left office in January 2021 and was part of the legal team that advised him in his bid to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Ellis and the rest of Trump’s allies who were indicted earlier this year pleaded not guilty not guilty After Mayes announced the indictment of his involvement in a scheme to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election.
Ellis cooperation agreement notes that he spoke with prosecutors on June 17. A day earlier, Attorney General Nicholas Klingerman told the media gathered in front of the Phoenix courthouse that plea deals are possible.
“I think like any other case, we’re going to make plea offers,” Klingerman said, adding, “I’ve discussed the possibility of a plea offer with at least one of the defendants.”
A month after the 2020 election, 11 Trump supporters gathered at Arizona GOP headquarters in Phoenix and signed a certificate claiming to be 11 Electoral College voters in Arizona, even though Biden won the state by 10,457 votes and state officials certified his electors. The state Republican Party documented the signing of the certificate social media post He sent it to Congress and the National Archives.
Those accused of being “fake voters” and other alleged accomplices face charges of fraud, forgery and conspiracy.
talking to KPNX’s Brahm Resnick on Aug. 2Mayes expressed optimism about his office’s continued crackdown on “voter fraud.”
“We’re making progress and we feel good about it,” Mayes said.