Georgia prosecutors: election strategy was political not legal advice

[struggle4progress]

October 11, 2023

The argument represents a crucial decision for Judge Scott McAfee, with potential implications for Trump and other lawyers like Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman who worked closely with the former president to undermine the 2020 election results. Chesebro argues that the memos should be excluded from his upcoming trial – scheduled for Oct. 23 – because they constitute privileged work on behalf of his client, the Trump campaign ...

... Chesebro’s memos took a turn in early December when he noted that Trump could use voter strategy to win in the 2020 election even if his lawsuits failed – by using Trump-backed voters to block congressional proceedings on January 6th 2021 to disrupt the day on which federal law required valid Electoral College votes to be counted ...

Willis ... notes ... he shared his memos with people far removed from the Trump campaign’s legal team, effectively waiving privileges. And they have all now been made public, she noted. Additionally, Chesebro has provided no evidence of his attorney-client relationship with the Trump campaign or with Trump himself ...

Finally, Willis contended that all of the memos could be disclosed under the “criminal fraud” exception to the attorney-client privilege. She noted that a grand jury indicted Chesebro based on evidence related to the memos ...

https://georgialawnews.com/prosecutors-in-georgia-trumps-election-strategy-was-political-not-legal-advice/

[republianmushroom]

1. agree

[Chainfire]

2. If I help plan a bank robbery, I am not guilty because it was just financial advice...Yea, right.

[Justice]

3. Chesebro is a lawyer, but there is no evidence that he was Trump's lawyer or that this is protected

"Chesebro has provided no evidence of his attorney-client relationship with the Trump campaign or with Trump himself"

Attorney-client privilege protects confidential communications between a lawyer and their client that relate to the client's seeking of legal advice or services. This protection extends to any information exchanged during these privileged communications, encompassing not only verbal discussions but also written correspondence, emails, text messages, and other forms of communication.

The memos were shared widely with others, and are now public.

Any privilege is not Cheseboro's to assert - it is the would be client.