Judge Scott McAfee has denied an effort by one of Donald Trump's former lawyers to withdraw his guilty plea.
After Trump won the 2024 election, Ken Chesebro sought to "invalidate" his plea agreement with the court. According to his filing, Chesebro said that it should "constitutionally void on similar grounds and its continued imposition a violation of Due Process."
However, on Friday, the judge rejected the bid, calling it “procedurally defective in more ways than one.”
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"The Defendant has already submitted a plea in response to this indictment one of guilt. Defendant's sole citation in support of his contention that a plea in bar is a post-conviction remedy, rather than a form of pretrial challenge, does not suggest otherwise," the judge wrote Friday.
He said one mistake is that Chesebro's “judgment has been rendered” already. Before he accepted his guilty plea, Chesebro was asked if he understood what he was doing, and he agreed.
One of Chesebro's arguments is that the court could void a sentence, but the judge explained that it only doesn't apply to this particular case.
Chesebro's name was also among those indicted in Wisconsin for the fake electors plot. He now faces 10 felony charges there.
