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August 16, 2023 11:13 AM UTC

Lonely Jenna Ellis Faces Trial Without Trump's Help

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  • by: Colorado Pols
Jeff Hunt of the Centennial Institute promotes CCU Fellow Jenna Ellis’ legal defense fund.

Jenna Ellis, the former member of ex-President Donald Trump’s legal team who plotted along with alleged co-conspirators John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, faces felony counts in the indictment brought by the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia over the effort to flip the result in that state.

Ellis, who is still listed as a fellow at Lakewood’s Colorado Christian University after she was censured this past March by Colorado attorney regulators for her many false statements about the 2020 election in her role as counsel for Trump, has since had a major falling out with Trumpworld at least in part over the admissions she made to avoid being disbarred. And as Newsweek reports, that’s about to be a very expensive complication for Ellis’ criminal defense:

Jenna Ellis, a former member of Donald Trump’s legal team who was one of 19 indicted on Monday over an alleged plot to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election result, has raised more than $10,000 in an online crowdfunding campaign for her legal fees…

Ellis has made no mention of being financially cut off by Trump due to her support for DeSantis. However, John Cardillo, a DeSantis-supporting conservative influencer, claimed she had.

…Laura Loomer, a pro-Trump commentator with more than 493,000 followers on X, also suggested “professional liar and Trump backstabber” Ellis was not receiving financial support due to her refusal to back the former president in the 2024 race.

Addressing Ellis, she wrote: “You didn’t stay loyal to President Trump, and now you’re going to learn the hard way by having to pay for your own legal fees. Next time try being loyal to the people who brought you to the dance, and you won’t have such big problems.” [Pols emphasis]

Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis during the December 2020 campaign to overturn the presidential election.

Up until Ellis’ censure in March in which she admitted to a range of false statements about the 2020 election in order to keep her Colorado law license, Ellis had reportedly tried to ride the fence between Trump and DeSantis. But as the Daily Beast reported in April, the admissions Ellis made about the 2020 election marked a definitive break with Trumpworld:

This past March, Ellis admitted in Colorado court documents that she made “misrepresentations” related to baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, including her claim that Trump “won in a landslide” and that there was a “coordinated effort” to “manipulate the ballots, to count them in secret.” She was later censured.

Seemingly from that point on, Ellis has become more vocal in speaking out against moves made by her former boss.

Especially with Ron DeSantis cratering in the polls despite Trump’s escalating legal troubles, Ellis’ real sin against Trump was popping the bubble of the “Big Lie” in order to keep her law license. Trump may not be pleased with the outcome delivered by Giuliani and Eastman, but both of them have chosen to go down fighting disbarment cases rather than make the humiliating admissions of recklessly lying on Trump’s behalf that Ellis was forced to make.

With all of this in mind, one thing we can say for sure is that Ellis’ legal defense is going to cost a lot more than the $10,000 she had raised by yesterday afternoon. Though obviously a big short-term problem for Ellis, this is where Trump’s well-known habit of screwing over his former friends and allies could come back to bite the former President–since if Ellis can’t afford to defend herself, she is that much more likely to accept a plea deal and testify against Trump and his indicted loyal attorneys.

History has already paid more attention to this failed traffic court lawyer than she deserves. But Jenna Ellis, friendless and alone, jilted by the politician who gifted Ellis her fifteen minutes of fame, also appears to have little left to lose.

Trump, on the other hand, has everything to lose. So perhaps history isn’t quite done with Ellis yet.

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    1. And that's after Trump's PAC upped several hundred thousand to help Giuliani pay some of his bills like the story you linked to says. Jenna Ellis won't even get that.

      1. I'm surprised Trump gave Rudy any money at all.

        Judith Nathan née Judith Giuliani (Rudy's third wife after Donna Hanover and cousin Regina) took him to court post 1/6/21 to collect on alimony due and owed to her. He screamed poverty then, too, telling the court that his biggest account receivable, F.D.F.Q., was refusing to pay him.

        Apparently, Trump viewed the "legal work" on overturning the 2020 election outcome as a "contingency fee" case and since Trump didn't get to stay in the White House, he wasn't going to pay his lawyers.

  4. This is a $250k defense type of case.  Her current take won't cover a reasonable retainer from a smart defense attorney in this case.  If I were in the potential attorney's shoes, I'd ask for $150k retainer, and would probably take $100k. 

    2. I would feel sorry for her, but IMHO her insistence, and the insistence of many of the Magat's, in accusing and demonizing the completely innocent and uninvolved of voter fraud merits this.

      It's one thing to go after a Clinton or Obama, but accusing Smartmatic, Dominion, Shaye Moss, Ruby Freeman, volunteer poll workers etc. etc. for things they never did in order to cook up some ludicrous scheme is just such complete shitbaggery. Jenna sucks!

  5. While Ellis may still be listed as a "fellow" at CCU, her attorney registration info lists her current business address as the Thomas More Society in Chicago.  

    1. Not long ago she was Xeeting she’d just landed in Florida, her new home, the “Land of the Free” while giving the middle finger to Polis. 
       

      Who’d have thunk her next domicile would be Rice Street jail in Fulton County??

      1. Not long ago she was Xeeting she’d just landed in Florida, her new home, the “Land of the Free” while giving the middle finger to Polis. 

         

        Good riddance.  We don't have to claim her anymore.   Now, if we could just boot Low Rent Barbie out, we're golden!!!!

        1. I tried to find the Xeet but she’s been a busy beaver the last 24 hours shaking her tin cup and praying to Prosperity Jesus. It’s hidden deep in the haystack at this point. Good riddance, indeed. 

      2. It would be poetic justice because these are the same assholes who complain about liberals "coddling criminals."

        They lament the days when prisons had chain gangs. Trump tells the cops not to shield the arrestee's head when putting him into the back of the squad car. They complain about how plush the correctional facilities are. 

  8. Of course, true to Republicant bootstrap strategy, no GOP lawyer will take these cases pro-bono. Welcome to the self-help system you created.

     

  10. Jenna Ellis promo on American Family Radio claims

    Jenna Ellis in the Morning aims to provide valuable commentary on the issues of our day and to do so from both a biblical and constitutional perspective. Jenna Ellis is an attorney and served as the senior legal adviser and personal counsel to the 45th president of the United States. She is the chairwoman of the Election Integrity Alliance, special counsel for the Thomas More Society, and an allied attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom. She is a Newsmax and Epoch Times contributor and host of The Jenna Ellis Show podcast. She is also the author of The Legal Basis for a Moral Constitution. A Colorado native and evangelical Christian, Jenna was previously an assistant professor at Colorado Christian University, teaching legal studies and coaching the moot court and debate programs. She currently teaches at Summit Ministries and is a fellow with the Centennial Institute. She holds a B.A. in technical journalism from Colorado State University and a J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law. Follow her on social media @JennaEllisEsq.

    Surely with all those important positions, she can self-fund a legal defense.  Newsmax and Epoch Times contributors gotta make bank, right?????  

  11. And speaking of traditional values …..

    I was channel surfing and I stopped on Fox for a moment. Gutfeld had a group on who were discussing sexual identity and sex education.

    One woman – I kid you not – explained how she learned about gender identity as a child by reciting, "Milk, milk, lemonade, turn the corner, fudge is made."

    There's an old chestnut I hadn't heard since the early days of the Nixon administration.

    2. Pure science here. I was looking up how to pronounce Xi Jinping and found the following – "The simplest way to pronounce the name of the president of China is to say Shee Jin Ping." Therefore, I hypothesize that Xeet is pronounced "Sheet" or colloquially "Shee-it," and Xitter would have to be "Shitter." This is science!

      2. It's based on the pinyin system of Romanization of Chinese words.

        Like Xian "shee an" or Xiao "shao". My favorite was Citibank "shitibank" back when I lived in Asia.

         

  14. She deserves all the shit coming her way. Clearly should have had Trump sign an indemnification agreement.  She's a lawyer, and should know better.

     

  15. Just checked.  There is a Jenna Ellis Legal Defense Fund on GiveSendGo:

    Campaign Created by: Michael Melito

    The funds from this campaign will be received by Melito Law LLC.

    Raised:USD $ 49,136

    Also looked at Fani Willis' previous RICO case, the one involving Atlanta school administrators and teachers cheating on test scores.  35 indicted, many pled out, 12 went to trial, 11 convicted … 6 are still appealing, represented by a public defender.

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