Sidney Powell reaches a favorable deal: she pleads guilty, but avoids the most serious charges in the Georgia election case

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Sidney Powell, reached a good plea agreement over the electoral interference case in Georgia.

Powell, one of 19 defendants named in prosecutor Fani Willis’ indictment, pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts of election tampering in a Fulton County court.

The deal requires Powell to serve six years of probation, pay a fine of $6,000, pay an additional restitution payment of $2,700 to the state, and write a letter of apology to the people of Georgia for her participation in efforts to reverse the election results in 2020.

With this agreement, Powell will not set foot in prison and also avoids seven felony charges, including conspiracy and conspiracy to commit election fraud.

The main triumph of the prosecution with the agreement is that Powell will now be a witness in any hearing and trial related to the other defendants, where former President Trump himself appears.

However, for some experts, this makes Trump’s former lawyer a potentially dangerous witness for both the prosecution and the defense.

“The plea of Sidney Powell to six misdemeanors will allow her to avoid jail and only face minor fines. What she did not plead guilty to was the racketeering conspiracy. That was the most serious charge and tied in former president Donald Trump,” wrote attorney and jurist Jonathan Turley. “She agreed to testify truthfully. She no longer faces a threat of prosecution and can now testify freely. That could make her a dangerous witness for both sides.”

With the deal, Powell, 68, became the second of 19 defendants to plead guilty after bail bondsman Scott Hall pleaded guilty to five misdemeanors in September.

Hall got a similar deal to Powell. He was sentenced to five years of probation and will have to testify in future trials as part of his deal.