'He's actually cooperating': Ex-prosecutor says Chesebro is giving up the goods on Trump
A co-defendant of Donald Trump in Georgia wasn't indicted for a similar scheme in Arizona, and the best explanation is that he's cooperating with prosecutors, a legal analyst said Wednesday evening.
Andrew Weissmann, the former top prosecutor on former special counsel Robert Mueller's team, appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell, where he was asked about Trump attorney and co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro.
Specifically, the host noted that Chesebro "traveled to Arizona to cooperate with this investigation."
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"That seems to be the main reason why he was not charged here is that he is actually cooperating," Weissmann said, adding, "or maybe I should say at least cooperating enough to not be charged."
The legal expert went on to suggest Chesebro may not have told the full truth, at least in other instances.
"I think the jury's out about just how candid he has been, but it's otherwise hard to explain why his name does not appear and presumably it's because he has counsel who has said, 'Look, if you do not want to be on the other side of a v, meaning United States versus or in this case Arizona versus, you need to start finding religion and join team America.'"
"So, it's possible that is the main reason that you don't see his name here, because otherwise... he was in the thick of things and we know that actually also from his own plea in Georgia."