kenneth chesebro / donald trump / sidney powell
From left to right: Kenneth Chesebro, Donald Trump, and Sidney Powell.
  • Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell were among 19 co-defendants — including Trump — who were indicted in Georgia this year.
  • Both of them requested speedy trials and were set to go to trial next week.
  • But just before their criminal trials began, Powell and Chesebro flipped and struck plea deals with prosecutors.

Two of Donald Trump's allies flipped against him at the last minute in a pair of surprise plea deals with Georgia prosecutors.

Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro were set to go to trial starting next week as part of the Fulton County DA's office's case alleging Trump and his allies conspired to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.