Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis cooperating in Arizona fake electors prosecution

• Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in Arizona in their criminal cases against so-called fake electors, state Attorney General Kris Mayes announced.
• Prosecutors will drop charges against Ellis, who worked with her co-defendant Rudy Giuliani after the 2020 election to try to overturn then-President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden.

Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in Arizona in their criminal cases against so-called fake electors and others who tried to reverse the 2020 election loss of former President Donald Trump, state Attorney General Kris Mayes said Monday.

Prosecutors are dropping the nine felony counts that Ellis had faced — including fraud, forgery and conspiracy — in exchange for her cooperation against the remaining 17 defendants in the case.

"This agreement represents a significant step forward in our case," Mayes said in a 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," the attorney general said. "As I stated when the initial charges were announced, I will not allow American democracy to be undermined — it is far too important. Today's announcement is a win for the rule of law."

The remaining defendants in the case include disgraced lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who worked closely with Ellis after the 2020 election in the doomed, botched effort to undo Trump's loss to President Joe Biden.

Also charged are former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyers John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn and Christina Bobb, and Mike Roman, who had led