Donald Trump’s supporters are publicly tearing into Jenna Ellis, after it was announced that the former Trump campaign lawyer had taken a plea deal in the Arizona “fake electors” case.
The agreement, which will see Ellis cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for the charges against her being dropped, was announced by the Arizona attorney general, Kris Mayes, on August 5.
Ellis previously pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges against her. In the case, prosecutors accused Ellis and 17 others of conspiring to overturn the 2020 Arizona election results in Trump’s favor.
“This agreement represents a significant step forward in our case,” read Mayes’ statement. “I am grateful to Ms Ellis for her cooperation with our investigation and prosecution. Her insights are invaluable and will greatly aid the state in proving its case in court.”
Ellis then posted a statement, written by her lawyers, to her X account. “We are grateful the Arizona Attorney General’s Office completely dismissed the indictment against Jenna Ellis as she was not involved in the so-called ‘fake elector’ scheme. Jenna was originally told she was not a target and her cooperation is her continued willingness to tell the truth.”
Newsweek reached out to Jenna Ellis by email for comment.
The post proved to be something of a touch paper for Trump-supporting social media users, who grabbed the opportunity to heavily criticize Ellis online.
User @andreafreedom76, who is a Trump supporter and self-described “American constitutionalist,” wrote on X: “Jenna Ellis Has Lost All Respect of The People.”
Another pro-Trump account, @TexasRepublic 71, said: “Too bad you cried like you did and sold your soul.”
Raheem Kassam, a political adviser and editor of the National Pulse who vocally criticized Ellis in 2023 when she endorsed Ron DeSantis for president, also waded into the Twitter storm. “Ah geez if only someone had warned that Jenna Ellis was backstabbing,” he wrote.
A Memphis-based user named @TrumpisBack7 accused Jenna of “selling out” and turning on Trump to save her skin.
Another user wrote: “Jenna Ellis flipped in Arizona. What a little loudmouth.”
Some Democrat supporters also took the opportunity to join in the social media furore.
Podcaster Jack Hopkins, a Kamala Harris supporter with over 260,000 followers, said: “Jenna, they gave you a choice of conviction…or cooperation. You chose the latter. It was purely in self-preservation: In short…don’t act as though you did something ‘heroic.’ The heroic thing would have been to not have been involved with this criminal BS in the first place.”
Another Democrat-supporting account called @WavesofUSA posted: “LMAO. The MAGAts are going NUCLEAR on Jenna Ellis after the announcement that she would be flipping on Trump in the fake electors case in Arizona. They are imploding because Jenna Ellis refused to sacrifice herself for the cult leader.”
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