One day before jury selection was set to begin in the Fulton County trial of Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, two defendants in the sprawling Trump election interference case, Sidney Powell made the stunning decision to accept a plea deal. She pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties.

In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, Patricia Murphy, Tia Mitchell, Greg Bluestein and Bill Nigut welcome AJC senior editor Shannon McCaffrey, who has overseen coverage of the Fulton County election conspiracy case to the podcast to unpack the many implications of the Powell plea, which reversed her longstanding assertion she’d committed no wrongdoing.

Plus, the Georgia legislature’s only Jewish member, Rep. Esther Panitch joins the podcast to discuss her reaction to President Biden’s visit to Israel and to explain how close to home the war against Hamas comes to many Georgia Jewish families who have friends fighting on the frontlines or others mourning the loss of those killed or kidnapped in the Hamas terrorist attacks two weeks ago.

In the U.S. House, It’s déjà vu all over again. Tia Mitchel reports on the frustration members of the U.S. House on both sides of the aisle are feeling as Republicans continue the divisions in their own party that have prevented them from electing a speaker of the House.

Links to today's topics:

Sidney Powell reaches plea deal in Trump case

Jim Jordan falls short in second bid to become speaker

Esther Panitch signs GOP and Democratic statements supporting Israel

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