Eastman, Ellis indicted with Trump in Georgia probe

DENVER (KDVR) — Donald Trump has been indicted for the fourth time, and several of his allies were implicated alongside him — two of whom have Colorado connections.

John Eastman and Jenna Ellis, both lawyers, are among the 18 people indicted alongside the former president. Others include Rudy Giuliani and former chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Ellis, a former attorney for Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and a prominent conservative media figure, is from Colorado. She recently was censured by Colorado legal officials after admitting she made repeated false statements about the 2020 presidential election.

John Eastman, a former University of Colorado Boulder visiting professor, is accused of helping design the legal strategy aimed at keeping Trump in power after his 2020 election loss. Eastman is also representing Colorado Republicans in their bid to close their primaries to unaffiliated voters.

Here’s what counts they face in the latest indictment out of Georgia.

John Eastman

Eastman was indicted on nine counts:

FILE – Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2017. Conservative attorney Eastman, a lead architect of some of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, was slapped Thursday, Jan.26, 2023, with a series of disciplinary charges in California that could lead to his disbarment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Jenna Ellis

Ellis was indicted on two counts:

FILE – Jenna Ellis, a former member of then-President Donald Trump’s legal team, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. Ellis has been formally censured by a judge after admitting she made repeated misstatements about the 2020 presidential election. Jenna Ellis acknowledged making 10 separate false statements on television and Twitter about the election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The document points to Ellis’ statements at a November 2020 news conference alleging fraud in the election. The document also points to efforts in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan and Georgia, where she and other Trump lawyers reportedly asked for them to unlawfully appoint electors.

According to the document, Ellis also wrote a memo that “outlined a strategy for disrupting and delaying the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021,” outlining that the vice president should not open the votes from six states “falsely characterized as having ‘electoral delegates in dispute.’”

FOX31 continues to review the indictment and will update this story with more details.

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