Last week, Sidney Powell’s and Kenneth Chesebro’s “letters of apology” to the citizens of Georgia were released pursuant to a public record request. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had insisted, as part of their plea bargains, that defendants Powell, and Chesebro submit those written apologies to the court. Now the public has gotten its first look at what contrition looks like when uttered by a criminal defendant who is being allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges and no prison time.
And it doesn’t look like much.
“I apologize for my actions in connection with the events in Coffee County,” Powell wrote on October 19, the same day she pleaded guilty.
“I apologize to the citizens of the state of Georgia and of Fulton County for my involvement in Count 15 of the indictment,” wrote Chesebro the next day.
Nothing says “I’m really not sorry” like one sentence scrawled on a piece of lined notebook paper.
Nothing says “I’m really not sorry” like one sentence scrawled on a piece of lined notebook paper. Which is exactly what Powell and Chesebro submitted. To say the apologies do not seem heartfelt is an understatement; they more closely resemble a child dragged by the ear to apologize to a teacher on the receiving end of a pea shooter.
Powell’s non-apology apology was especially notable given other indications of her lack of authentic remorse. In the days after her guilty plea, Powell’s organization “Defending the Republic” — which she founded and serves for as president — promoted articles through its Substack newsletter that characterized her guilty plea as “extorted” and obtained under pressure.
So far, four defendants in the Fulton County, Georgia case have avoided trial by pleading guilty and agreeing to cooperate and testify against the remaining co-defendants. All four defendants benefitted substantially. Powell saw her felony charges reduced to six misdemeanors, bail bondsman Scott Hall pled guilty to…
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