Didn't have that on my BINGO card!

It is pure arrogance that holds her up. She'll sell any bag of crap she thinks will pay for her, one way or another.

her tears were for her getting caught, not that she is a criminal.

'Boo hoo, I got held accountable for trying to overthrow the will of American voters. Boo hoo. Don't they know I'm special so I can do any ol thing...'

She gives women a bad name.

she is sickening and thinks she's so smart and special...she was at the table with the big boys and they even let her say some shit.

Kind of character she has, I just figured she'd have the sense to at least wait until she was out of danger. But then, on top of her ego, she's truly a nutcase so anticipating that she might have sense was out of line on my part.

doesn't she hang out with Mike Flynn?

Prosecutor tells it like it is: You can do a plea deal, or you go to jail on a guilty conviction because I've got the goods on you.
All of it's true. It's reality. But Sidney views it as bullying, and that turns into extortion. Sidney is too easy to figure out. But this is great. Some guy in Maine kills nearly two dozen people and injures dozens, and Sidney Powell is moaning that she's being bullied by a special prosecutor.

was given a choice.. she chose to Not go down for the Traitor.

The magats always have a way to make themselves the Eternal Victim of thei own illegal actions.

Free will, syd.

And what she says in court are two separate things. Unfortunately, a judge only hears what is said in court. Unless, violations are brought up by the Prosecution and it is a process.

It’s very apparent that none of the three who have struck plea deals so far have any remorse for their participation in this crime.

so VERY much that NONE of them have shown ANY remorse. I don't give a shit that Ellis cried in court yesterday - the only thing she is sorry for is getting caught.

And piss on ALL of them who want it in the written records that these were not crimes of MORAL TURPITUDE.

(Sorry for my language but this makes me quite mad.)

Is that the prosecutors are building a case for the big event against the core criminals which relies on very specific testimony from this flotsam.

I really don’t like the concept of plea deals. But, when you are swimming in an ocean of liars, you have to get the truth out of them somehow.

But they are repubes, and so they keep on lying, lying, lying.

Sick.

of course they are. i wonder what they would consider to be a crime of moral turpitude.

ugh. that reminded me of condoleeza rice acting all righteous and saying "don't you impugn my integrity" - your what? how can i impugn what you don't even have?

She needs to sit in a small cell for at least 30 days and think about what she’s done. No social media

These are irredeemable wise asses. One would have to be a wise ass to find themselves in this situation.

Her plea should be revoked.

She attested IN COURT that her plea was not coerced. Was that perjury then?

You'd think this would violate the terms of the plea agreement at very least.

No effin' way.

Nobody forces you to accept an offer of an alternative plea. You even put it on the record that it was a voluntary acceptance.

There is no such thing as a metaphorical/figurative extortion.

If you accept, you get a better deal than if you were convicted, possibly being given the full penalties of your conviction(s).

If you decline, it's really a status quo: You have your due process rights preserved in a right to trial with all the protections. You haven't lost anything.

And as an attorney, she knows better than to say smack about her plea deal.

happened to a friend who just got off paper.
district attorney has all kinds of resources. defendant has maybe public defender?
small town courts side with the prosecution like always.......
matlock was just a fantasy tv show.......

The smart move is to take the plea deal innocent or not....The DA is gonna go for your throat.
Small pain vs big pain.

the justice system is a joke

Haul her ass back in.

RELEASE THE KRAKEN.

Jesus, this has me irrationally riled up.

The fuck up
That is all

She is guilty by plea. That is a done deal.
She should be brought back to court and given the consequences of the violation.
Monetary or jail time. This is for the DA to ask and the judge to administer.

From all that nonsensical verbiage, it's hard to determine what content she controls and what is merely in her despicable orbit.

Her dark money group? Who are they? What control does she have? Her social media accounts? What did she say and when?

I'm not saying she isn't a slippery lying lizard, just that there is so little specific content in the op it is hard to tell what you are saying.

she said that indicates that her plea was ‘forced’.

and a link to its newsletter, which has the "extorted" claim (it's repeating what another far right outlet said).

Part of a plea should be you stop lying.

If you're not devoted enough to go to jail for their lord and savior Donald Trump, then they will be done with you.

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if she tells the truth every time she is asked to testify, the plea deal stays in place (and you can bet her testimony has been parsed, investigated, and corroborated ten different ways)... if she lies, the plea deal is off...as for "coercion", I suspect when her "I have a 1st amendment right to vomit conspiracy bullshit and steal voter data" appeal was denied, the prospect of years of jail time and hefty lawyers fees was all the "coercion" she needed to flip...

she is looking for self-preservation, she doesn't want to get Epsteined.

People fear Trump, that's why they don't flip on him.

Everyone needs to clam down, Fani Willis is running a pyramid strategy that actually works. There is a delay for the next trial, when it gets closer there will be more flippers.

Trump would love for Fani to revoke the Kraken plea deal, he wants people to go to jail for him, plus Fani's trials are on schedule to happen pre-election.

Fani is good at RICO prosecutions, that's why Georgia Magats will try to remove her from office.

I trust in Fani.

Here: https://defendingtherepublic.substack.com/p/thank-you-for-your-continuing-support

I cannot fathom why some people here, like you, are looking for excuses for her. What gives?

The only statement attributed to her is the standard form for that interaction with a judge.

It's actually there. Look, here's the first time she reposted it - from Saturday:

And, even your quote is "from Saturday," which is three days before her plea. So this is nothing but the usual Dailykos forum mishmash intended to get clicks and rile people up. Geesh!

I was a subscriber for several years. It may be too far left for some. 😊

And I do wish that when a DK article is just referencing and paraphrasing another article, people would please post a link to the source, not DK.

or to Google a phrase from the excerpt to find the original.

... and I assume that DUers are checking the sources for a story like this.

... to post links and carefully selected key excerpts.

One minute (60 seconds) taken by a poster frequently saves 20 seconds effort by a couple hundred readers, maybe over a thousand.

20 x 200 = 4000 seconds = over one hour

Giving one minute of poster's time saves DU members an hour. One minute for an hour is a good tradeoff, such an easy thing to do, giving back to DU.

It takes no more time to post a corrected link than to post saying "the link inside the DK post wasn't given properly".

I do not click on right wing sites, it is much better for my health.

I am sure that the Kraken plea deal was recorded, that is what will be played in court.

If that’s the right word.

I have yet to see an article that I agree with. I looked on my computer home page and found a recent BI article that bashes Chuck Schumer's bill to reduce fees for swiping credit cards.

Not as bad as PoliticsUSA which is clickbait trash.

CNN is certainly right wing. Show me an article from businessinsider that is leftist.

subscription for about half of their articles. They definitely lean left from my experience. Not far left, but left of center for sure. That's my opinion based on when I visited their site frequently -- which has been a couple years now. I do still click on links to their site when I see them elsewhere -- and my opinion from those articles hasn't changed.

Wall Street Journal reporting seems to be kind of neutral and factual.

WSJ editorial board is decidedly right wing and wrong.



Another issue is editorial/production allocation of time/space. Reporting might be neutral but if stories are presented on particular topics more so than others, the net effect can be somewhat biased. For example if more stories appear about Biden gaffes than about tRump brain fades, word salad, and other signs of senility, then the net effect can be anti-Biden / pro-tRump even while each report can be neutral.

Similarly, choice of guests is important.

Was she lying when she entered her plea, or is she lying now?

She is on probation and clearly still under the court's jurisdiction. No way should she be allowed to do this and taint all of the pleas bargains, as well as her own.

....she may have just fucked around now and will find herself deeper in the find out consequences of these actions she is now spreading.

If she is "taking it back", then she should be charged with the felonies she has committed, and kiss the misdemeanors goodbye.

FAFO, bitch!

Marble Freedom Trust = 1.6 Billion donation

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/22/politics/dark-money-donation-conservative-group-invs/index.html

... Thank you for posting it. I've said it before and will undoubtedly say it again "Citizens United" was one of the most catastrophic rulings to ever come down from the S.C. Look at the havoc its caused already and be afraid of where it leads. Imh of course.

Before this has any creditability, it needs a better source. The DailyKos is cool but it's not a major news organization. Wait before believing this.

It certainly leans left, one of the few that does.

There's a link in reply #43.

and #38 has a link to the Insider article, that DK is quoting.

It's not that hard to find this stuff with Google. We don't have to "wait".

the judge could force me to go to trial. I actually didn't think I was guilty but I told the judge I was.

And this woman is a lawyer???? She must have some sort of problem with her brain.

example, about the time the pandemic started I was hired to represent a man charged with aggravate sexual assault. He was charged with having sex with a 13 yo girl of a family friend he lived with. It was by no means and open and shut case, my client had several defenses and the victim’s credibility was questionably. I think he could have won the case but if he didn’t and the jury found he guilty he would serve 25 years in prison without parole.

Because the pandemic stopped jury trials for 2 years he spent 2 years in the county jail. When trials resumed he was offered 5 years flat which means he would be immediately eligible for parole. He took that deal because if he didn’t and lost at trial he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Did he really have a choice? He said all the right words during his plea elocution and admitted he had sex with the minor. I’m not so sure he was guilty but the downside to jury was just way to massive to take the risk.

Criminal defendants often take a plea deal especially one like Powell’s to avoid exposure to prison. I think she took a first offender program that already had an alternative sentence if she violated her plea deal. As I recall, I wasn’t impressed by the penalties she would face if she did violate her agreement.

allow them to go unpunished and Trump will still walk away free. My God I hope I'm wrong.

Betcha kroner to kruggerrands she and the other flippers are getting death threats by the dozen.

no sympathy as they reap the whirlwind

and try to hang vice presidents, don't be surprised when they turn on you, too.

We must be correct!

I watched the full Jenna Ellis one yesterday (not just the crying snippet everyone keeps posting) and one thing that stood out was part of the plea instructions (and she had to agree affirmatively to each point) was that she would not discuss the case at all in the media, on social media, or with any other co-defendants. I wonder if Powell had similar limitations imposed?

asked him questions on every aspect of his plea, from whether he had consulted his lawyers to whether he was on any medications that would affect his thinking. It was question after question to be sure that he was being treated fairly and he was sure he wanted to plea guilty as well as to be sure he understood and freely accepted the consequences.
Instead of letting Powell withdraw the plea, she should be brought back to court and be required to testify under oath whether her plea was extorted. If she says it was, then she should be charged with felony purgery for lying to the judge under oath. If she says that she was not, she should be warned that continuing to make those claims will result in a Contempt and possible jail time.

But play the victim once you get let off the hook?

Willis should be calling off the deal and give her a number for a jail cell. Powell wants it both ways. NO DEAL.

Anyone about this trial, and the judge also stated they could modify the plea if they wanted.

She busted. Bye bye.

Don't like it void the deal and go to trial. Very simple.
But she won't because she is guilty and would go to prison.

NT

"...participating in the most common practice that takes place multiple times daily, and keeps the justice system from grinding to a halt under the sheer weight of taking every case to trial."

Cooperate, or come out of prison stooped over and pushing a walker. You are tiny potatoes, smalls. Be grateful, STFU and go away. Far away.

Powell apparently wishes to restore her whacko reputation and go through with a trial.

Haul her ass back in court. Throw said ass in jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200.

with what she states in court

roll the dice you fucking traitor. (Not the OP!! Powell!!)

Powell's attorney that since Sydney is so unhappy with her situation the plea agreement is canceled and she is now back in line for trial on felony charges in the RICO case. I think it would be wise anyway because I think Powell was going to try to pull a Manafort so to speak as far as cooperation. Also it would be interesting to know if someone "visited" her or had a discussion about being "loyal" and how important that is to a certain someone with incredibly small hands.

please deal.

Maybe she's saying this so the MAGAts won't torture and kill her.

And when found guilty, apply the strongest, harshest penalty available. And add some more to that for reneging on a plea deal.

Strange verbiage. " Other than what was recited...". It's very vague. Do you mean everything you said was extorted? What document? Lawyer mumbo-jumbo. She can't just give a clear answer to anything. She has to keep the grift train rolling. Those losers who believe her wouldn't pay to see her like Mike Flynn and Stone at their radical rallies if she wasn't a "Victim of the deep state conspiracy" (how I imagine she'll play this).

No I don’t feel sorry for her. Just saying it could be why and I don’t really care.

"Take this deal and you'll be out of prison faster" is the usual plea bargain.

In her case, it was to give testimony in exchange for avoiding prosecution, altogether. Guess Fat Donny called her up and cussed her out, threatened her dog, whatever, then told the press he had no idea who she was, never met her.

Guess she just can't stand not being in that orange glow of what is probably mutual narcissism.

“Offered an option to avoid potential harm by the person who can cause that harm”? When you say extortion people think of the “ nice place you got here, would be a shame, if something happened to it” type of thing the mob does. They can try to rewrite it as Jack Smith was saying.” nice freedom you’re enjoying Sidney Powell. It would be a shame if you didn’t take this plea deal, and we had to put you on trial and potentially in jail…”

When law enforcement does it it’s called strong-arming, but she didn’t have to take the deal if she didn’t want to. This is most likely just showing that side of her to her donors so the money doesn’t cut off.

in front of the Judge.

Any 'interview/statement/random blather' outside of the court should be immediately suspect.

bailing her and the golden toilet king out.

Throw the fucking book at her lying ass. I reject her fake ass apology and it's time for her to do some actual time behind bars.

...stay F'd off. I am literally so sick and tired of this whole thing. No plea deals, no agreements, nothing. Have a trial and take your chances. Seriously though, this is exhausting.

but when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, all the pigeons gonna run to him ...