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Post-Plea, Sidney ‘Kraken’ Powell Still Singing Trump’s Tune | Right Wing Watch
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She literally has to flip on trump, it will be part of her deal to testify completely against any and all of her co-conspirators, including trump. She won't want to have those 6 misdemeanors turn back into felonies where she will do serious time.
I think you're going to see her stop parroting trump's bullshit, like her life depends on it, because for all intents and purposes, it does. She's 68 years old, she doesn't want the rest of that to be in prison, protecting an asshat that now doesn't even acknowledge he had a relationship with her (even though he tweeted it, which is another dumb ass thing to add to his pile of fuckery).
She will have told the truth to prosecutors, and she will have very limited things that she'll be able to say to the public. I don't agree with this article in how it posits things will go moving forward, but we will see.
She has to testify truthfully under oath, but I don't think it covers what she says otherwise? She may be trying to keep the mob from turning on her in the meantime.
I feel like Powell is a "true believer." She's convinced that she was right to break the law even if she admits to doing it.
I believe the judge will have some limits set on what she can say, and she won't be able to talk about details of the case. Those fine details likely will never be unsealed, however outside of the limits placed on her as part of her plea deal she will be able to lie like the scum she is. So to a degree I think we're both right, that line being an unknown.
I dunno - the deal is with the prosecution not the judge if I understand correctly... And judges can't limit speech arbitrarily as people are finding out with Trump's gag orders. I suppose we'll find out soon though. If she has violated any court order she'll likely be pulled back in to face the judge.
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That doesn't sound right... According to Cornell:
So the court can still sentence the party pleading guilty as they like but it sounds like they don't typically have anything to do with the plea deal itself.
They also play a role in enforcement:
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For better or worse, she has a free speech right to lie in public (up to the point of violating someone's rights). She can say what she wants outside of the courtroom, apart from what limits the judge has set.
But once she's in front of that judge, she'd better be truthful, because if she took a plea bargain, she knows prosecution has some good evidence against her and won't be afraid to point out any lies.
The reporting that I heard on her plea last week said that she was not to talk about the case to the media, other witnesses, or indicted co-conspirators.
The point is that, if she lies where it counts, under oath, her prosecutors have more than enough evidence to slam her with enough counts of perjury to last the rest of her life.