That makes sense but...

Powell attended meetings in the White House and spent at least some time with Trump without White House counsel in the room (possibly by herself or just with co-crazies). She may have additional facts that support other aspects of the case. I presume those discussions are of interest to Smith. I think the local election tampering efforts (actual tampering or mere allegations someone else did the tampering) ARE crucial to the core "slate of electors" fraud because these election machine allegations were essential to creating a climate of doubt about local election integrity that the "core coup team" could use to justify their request to adopt the alternate slate of electors.

Of course, I still don't understand the logic in any plea deal here. People have fought and died so that we can have elections -- fair elections. Anyone involved with wholesale election fraud needs to serve jail time. Anything less sends a horrible message -- fines and probation are just the cost of doing business.

The case seems air tight and if this witness IS the only source of a particular fact based on a conversation where she is the only witness, I can't see a jury trusting her testimony. She is a proven liar and her crimes all involve lying in her professional role. As you state, maybe Smith has decided her testimony has little worth to him because of her reputation. Even that would be a horrible precedent. Want to overturn an election and minimize your downside? Just involve a bunch of certified lunatics as co-conspirators so none will be trusted later on the stand.


WTH