Chesebro, who was charged alongside Donald Trump and more than a dozen other codefendants with attempting to delay the transfer of power after the 2020 election, was scheduled to stand trial this week. He accepted the offer as jury selection was underway on Friday, and after rejecting an earlier deal.

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    1 year ago

    So it looks very close to the same deal as before – he traded $5,000 reduction in fines for two extra years of probation (5 total) and 100 hours of community service.

    The plea was for conspiracy to commit filing of false documents though instead of racketeering.