The Lawyers Now Turning on Trump

<p>Over the past few days, two of the lawyers who tried to help former President Donald J. Trump stay in power after losing the 2020 election pleaded guilty in a Georgia racketeering case and have agreed to cooperate with prosecutors against him.</p><p>Richard Faussett, who writes about politics in the American South for The Times, explains why two of Mr. Trump’s former allies have now turned against him.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/richard-fausset?smid=pc-thedaily">Richard Fausset</a>, a correspondent for The New York Times covering the American South.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/sidney-powell-guilty-plea-trump-georgia.html?smid=pc-thedaily">Sidney Powell</a>, a member of the Trump legal team in 2020, pleaded guilty and will cooperate with prosecutors seeking to convict the former president in an election interference case in Georgia.</li><li>Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump-aligned lawyer, also<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/kenneth-chesebro-trump-guilty-plea-georgia.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> pleaded guilty in Georgia</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>