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ZonkerHarris

(24,347 posts)
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:09 PM Oct 2023

An aspect of Sidney Powell's plea deal that I have not heard anyone discuss yet

Powell is an unindicted co-conspirator in Jack Smith's case against Trump in Washington DC.
She has now pleaded guilty in Georgia.
will she have to (be compelled) testify against Trump in DC also?
Or will Smith have to indict her to give her another plea deal to make her testify in that case?

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An aspect of Sidney Powell's plea deal that I have not heard anyone discuss yet (Original Post) ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 OP
I don't think the state agreement has any bearing on the federal charges Prairie Gates Oct 2023 #1
Wouldn't any statements made under oath in one trial Arthur_Frain Oct 2023 #2
Well, she can't say one thing in a Georgia court and then go to Washington DC and ,... magicarpet Oct 2023 #3

Prairie Gates

(1,163 posts)
1. I don't think the state agreement has any bearing on the federal charges
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:12 PM
Oct 2023

against the other defendants.

She can, of course, be subpoenaed, and she could have anyway. Her answers should she be subpoenaed will certainly be affected by her admissions on record in state court.

ON EDIT: Pretty much every pundit shw I've watched on this has brought up the federal indictment and her role as uninidcted coconspirator.

Arthur_Frain

(1,873 posts)
2. Wouldn't any statements made under oath in one trial
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:33 PM
Oct 2023

Be admissible as evidence in any other legal proceeding?

That’s the beauty here is that all their crimes are so intertwined, one we get actionable dirt from her, it should be like spraying a firehouse at a house of cards.

magicarpet

(14,278 posts)
3. Well, she can't say one thing in a Georgia court and then go to Washington DC and ,...
Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:43 PM
Oct 2023

.... say something entirely different. She does not want to do perjury. She is in enough hot water already.

Powell used her law degree as a vehicular motif to help The Orange Menace seize the reins of our government and construct a political Coup d'etat while installing him as despot/strongman dictator for life.

She is a Nazi tool/fool for the AmeriKKKan Retrumplican't Fascist Party, end of story.

After disbarment,... maybe she can flip hamburgers or dig ditches or somethin' of that sort ?

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