Another day, another Trump lawyer hiring a lawyer to get out of trouble.
In the case of Jenna Ellis, she has resorted to crowdfunding to raise money for her legal defense fees after being indicted in Georgia along with the ex-president and 17 other people earlier this week.
Ellis, who first started working for Trump in 2019 as a senior legal adviser for his re-election campaign then stayed around to challenge the legitimacy of the 2020 election results after he lost, is charged with two counts: one of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer and the other of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). If convicted, she could face up to 20 years in prison.
Yikes! No wonder she’s freaking out.
Thankfully, she has the Lord.
“The Democrats and the Fulton County DA are criminalizing the practice of law. I am resolved to trust the Lord and I will simply continue to honor, praise, and serve Him. I deeply appreciate all of my friends who have reached out offering encouragement and support,” she tweeted shortly after being indicted on Monday and told she has until August 25 to surrender herself to authorities or she may have a warrant issued for her arrest.
Oh, and she has the crowdfunding site GiveSendGo, where she’s managed to raise almost $45,000 as of Thursday morning to pay for her legal expenses.
“This is the OFFICIAL crowdfunding support page for Jenna Ellis, created by her legal team,” the page reads. “Jenna Ellis, former senior legal adviser and personal counsel to President Trump, is being targeted and the government is trying to criminalize the practice of law. Help her fight back and stand for the truth!”
Now, you might be wondering why Trump isn’t helping out his god-fearing, gay-hating former attorney during this difficult and scary time. After all, she was there for him in his moment of need.
Well, apparently Ellis made the mistake of voicing support for his primary opponent, Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis, and so she’s been cut off by the ex-president. At least, according to conservative influencer and die-hard DeSantis supporter John Cardillo.
“Just found out from very solid sources that Trump’s PAC won’t assist @JennaEllisEsq with one penny of legal fees because she has been complimentary and supportive of DeSantis,” Cardillo tweeted this week.
“So you can spend nearly a decade being unwaveringly loyal to Trump then get indicted because you worked for him, and he will abandon you and force you into bankruptcy if you change your mind about the best direction for the country.”
“There is nothing remotely loyal or patriotic about that.”
Meanwhile, die-hard Trump supporter Laura Loomer seemed to confirm the rumors when she suggested “professional liar and Trump backstabber” Ellis wouldn’t be getting a penny from the ex-president after her refusal to back him in the 2024 GOP primary.
“For the last several months, she has been attacking Donald Trump online with @TeamDeSantis. She betrayed Donald Trump (I personally think she intentionally sabotaged him because I can’t fathom how anyone can be as stupid as she is) and decided to support @RonDeSantis instead,” Loomer griped.
She continued, “Now she is crying online begging Trump supporters to donate to her legal defense fund. This woman is vile. She’s a liar, and she doesn’t deserve your sympathy, your prayers, your forgiveness or your money.”
“Loyalty matters.”
Oof.
The really stupid thing about all this is that, under the RICO, if one defendant goes down, they all go down. The law was designed specifically to dismantle organized crime groups, Ponzi and embezzlement schemes, criminal enterprises, and the like.
Per NYT:
It’s a powerful law enforcement tool. The Georgia RICO statute allows prosecutors to bundle together what may seem to be unrelated crimes committed by a host of different people if those crimes are perceived to be in support of a common objective.
“It allows a prosecutor to go after the head of an organization, loosely defined, without having to prove that that head directly engaged in a conspiracy or any acts that violated state law,” Michael Mears, a law professor at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. “If you are a prosecutor, it’s a gold mine. If you are a defense attorney, it’s a nightmare.”
So, it’s actually in Trump’s best interest to help Ellis and pay for her legal defense, just like he’s doing for some of his other henchmen in other cases.
But apparently he doesn’t see it that way.
Prior to being indicted this week, 38-year-old Ellis, who has called LGBTQ+ people (who she sometimes refers to as “LGBTQIAAblahblahblah”) “sinners”, “vile”, and “abominable”, was censured by legal officials in Colorado last March after she admitted to making 10 “misrepresentations” during Trump’s attempts to stay in power after losing to Joe Biden in 2020.
DBMC
Unsurprisingly, Trump has left his lackeys out to dry.
Are we sure Jenna Ellis has a soul?
abfab
The only lord she serves is the POS and I bet she does a semi-good job. Thoughts and prayers, bitch.
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FAFO
Fahd
To her plight, I would only say in a saracastically insincere manner, “Gee, that’s too bad.”
jcool
i would stand next to you, my index finger on my chin, and nod my head up and down
klb58495
You shouldn’t be able to crowdfund criminal activities.
abfab
Need a laugh? (Q needs a producer in the breaking news dept)
Ron DeSantis Dodges Question On How He’d React If His Kids Came Out
The Republican presidential hopeful didn’t have much of an answer when asked how he’d handle having a gay or transgender child.
Kelby VeraPOST
HUFF
Aug 16, 2023, 07:02 PM EDT
376 COMMENTS
correctio
man do yourself a favor and stop caring so much about Ron De Santis. he will never be president. at this point, you and the other cable news liberals have a seriously unhealthy fascination with right-wing wackadoos
DBMC
@correctio
How does it compare with you right wing freak’s obsession with trans people?
correctio
lol see this is what I am talking about, you are inventing people in your head to get mad at. and if someone disagrees with you, your only move is to call them right wing
abfab
”fascination with right-wing wackadoos”
@correctio do you even hear yourself? Of course you don’t, you just keep outing yourself…GOPTROLL go back into your hole.
DBMC
corr,
One of your personalities brought it up in a story about an actor chasing his dog. You weirdos are obsessed.
abfab
Yes, the amount of transnaming this GOPTROLL puts herself thru is now off the charts. She identifies with more than 12 stage names. Give it a rest correctio/diplomat/shaver and that ohter basketcase.
correctio
don’t lump me in with those people, there is only one correctio. besides, I love and support trans people, especially sexy trans women. one of the people I’m hooking up with is trans and I love when she sticks her fat girl c o c k in my holes. what can I say, I’m a man after all
(idk about trans people competing in gender-segregated sports tho, that one is a puzzle for me)
dbmcvey
Nah, you’re all pretty much the same.
LumpyPillows
No one should go broke because of a trial. No one should be at the mercy of how much money they have to hire a good defense. That said, I’m not really too upset she’s completely screwed.
abfab
She should go into the horse dewormer industry….lotsa money there.
DBMC
I’m sure she could get a public defendant.
abfab
Several GOPTROLLS here defend her often, and they work for very little compesation, if any.
dougie
She could, of course, ask the court to appoint a public defender. Any defendant has that option if they can’t afford a defense attorney. My guess is that her lawyers are taking advantage of the situation and grifting – using her as a “reason.”
Kangol2
Why isn’t her “billionaire” cult leader client (or ex-client) helping her out with the $? Why didn’t he set up a fund for all of his criminal collaborators to pay for their legal bills? I mean, the psychopathic, treasonous Orange Ogre and Archduke of Mar-a-Lardo has billion$, right? Right?
abfab
They’re underwater.
Mister P
Ellis is not having trouble mounting a defense but it is cost prohibitive. Her main client doesn’t pay her. Trump can afford good lawyers, he is too much of a schmuck to pay them.
abfab
“They purposely show the absolutely worst pictures of me”: Trump cries about his Fox News treatment
“Especially the big “orange” one with my chin pulled way back”
By TATYANA TANDANPOLIE
News Fellow SALON
Sorry to tell you chump, worst pictures of you is all you take. Face it, you are an ugly troll.
abfab
He is going to go beeZERK when he see’s his AI mugshot.
novadude
“The Democrats and the Fulton County DA are criminalizing the practice of law.”
No, they are criminalizing the *breaking* of law.
There’s a difference.
abfab
She should be the first felon to re-inhabit Abu Grahib.
ThatGuy22
Thoughts and prayers…..
Mister P
We care about DeSantis because he is a threat to America.