Jenna Ellis, Trump 2020 adviser, pleads guilty in Georgia election case

Washington — Jenna Ellis, an attorney who served as an adviser on former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, pleaded guilty to a single count in the case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over alleged efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election.

Court filings show Ellis agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge of aiding and abetting false statements and writing. She was appearing in court Tuesday morning to enter the plea.

Ellis, a senior legal adviser to Trump’s campaign, is the fourth to plead guilty of the 19 defendants charged by Willis in August for allegedly engaging in a scheme to overturn Trump’s loss in Georgia’s presidential election. She joins Trump-allied lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro and Georgia bail bondsman Scott Hall in accepting a plea deal.

This is a developing story and will be updated.