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Ex-Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Pleads Guilty In Georgia 2020 Election Case
 
Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, on Tuesday, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings for her role in the effort to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Georgia in the 2020 presidential election.

Along with Trump and 17 other co-defendants, Ellis was charged by a grand jury in August in a case overseen by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Ellis has agreed to five years of probation along with 100 hours of community service and to pay $5,000 in restitution as part of her plea deal. She has also pledged to cooperate and testify truthfully in any other cases and will write a letter of apology to the people of Georgia. The agreement also prohibits Ellis from posting on social media about the case while proceedings against other defendants are pending.

Reading from prepared remarks, Ellis said she felt “deep remorse” for her actions.

“If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Trump in these post-election challenges,” she said.

Ellis was facing one charge for violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law and another for solicitation of violation of oath of public officer as laid out in August’s indictment.

Ellis is the latest defendant to flip in the case following guilty pleas by fellow ex-Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and bail bondsman Scott Hall.

 
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Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) won the race to be the next party nominee for speaker Tuesday... only to give up hours later when it became clear that not enough Republicans would support him. “We’re moving on to the next phase,” Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) told reporters as Republicans began the search for a fourth speaker candidate in four weeks. His prospects grew dimmer after Donald Trump, who on Monday said he was staying out of the messy House speaker selection process, unloaded on Emmer in a social media post.
 
 
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A barrage of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday crushed multiple residential buildings and buried families under rubble, as health officials in the besieged territory reported hundreds killed in the past day and the closure of medical facilities because of bomb damage and a lack of power. The soaring death toll from Israel’s escalating bombardment is unprecedented in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It augurs an even greater loss of life in Gaza once Israeli forces backed by tanks and artillery launch an expected ground offensive aimed at crushing Hamas militants.
 
 
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"Time is up.": Scientists warn Earth has entered "uncharted climate territory". A new climate report provides a raw, stunning assessment of the world we’ve unraveled. This year has truly been one of extremes — unprecedented heat waves, record-shattering land and sea surface temperatures, record-low Antarctic sea ice extent, and a Canadian wildfire season that has so far torched over 45 million acres, more than 2.5 times the previous record.
 
 
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