Prosecutors say security camera video from the Coffee County elections office on January 7, 2021, shows an illegal break-in, and several people in the video are facing charges.
Who you don’t see is Sidney Powell, one of Trump’s former attorneys.
Prosecutors say Powell paid for the investigators – the ones, they insist, illegally downloaded data from the election machines.
“The request to get into those systems were not from Sidney Powell. That’s the first thing. The second thing is they were authorized,” Powell’s attorney Brian Rafferty told the court Thursday.
Channel 2′s Richard Elliot was inside the courtroom as Rafferty tried to convince Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee that Powell didn’t pay for those investigators and that those investigators had written permission to be there.
He also insisted prosecutors knew that and withheld it from the grand jury that indicted Powell for racketeering.
“The grand jury testimony that was presented must have been false because ultimately, the evidence that they had showed she wasn’t involved in Coffee County,” Rafferty said.
Prosecutors fired back saying they hadn’t withheld any evidence…and that the issues they were bringing up were better suited for a jury…not the judge.
“We believe she was involved. We don’t believe there was a letter that granted any kind of lawful authorization,” the prosecution said.
The judge agreed.
“The allegations that we are withholding evidence, suppressing evidence and that we’re committing prosecutorial misconduct are outrageous. They’re not true,” Wooten said.
Powell will be tried alongside co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro, the man the January 6th Commission said was one of the architects of the false electors scheme.
That trial is scheduled for Oct. 23.
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Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade listens during a hearing on motions from defendant Sidney Powell in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Deputy District Attorney Will Wooten addresses the court during a hearing on motions from defendant Sidney Powell in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee listens as Deputy District Attorney Will Wooten, right, addresses the court during a hearing on motions from defendant Sydney Powell, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Brian Rafferty, center, attorney for Sidney Powell, gestures to the prosecution team as he addresses the court during a motions hearing in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
The chairs in the jury box, left, are empty as Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, top right, listens during a motions hearing address from the attorney for defendant Sidney Powell, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Brian Rafferty, right, attorney for Sidney Powell, addresses the court during a motions hearing in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, back, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee listens as motions are presented in his courtroom by an attorney for defendant Sidney Powell, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee listens as motions are presented in his courtroom by Brian Rafferty, attorney for Sidney Powell, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Eighteen people, including former President Donald Trump, have been charged in a sweeping criminal conspiracy case to overturn the outcome of Georgia's 2020 presidential election results. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo via AP)
Brian Rafferty, right, attorney for Sidney Powell, addresses the court during a motions hearing in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, top left, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Deputy District Attorney Will Wooten pauses as he addresses the court during a hearing on motions from defendant Sidney Powell in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee addresses attorneys during a hearing on motions in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Brian Rafferty, right, attorney for Sidney Powell, addresses Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee while gesturing towards Deputy District Attorney Will Wooten, left, during a hearing on motions in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Manny Arora, attorney for Kenneth Chesebro, addresses Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee during a motions hearing in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade listens during a hearing on motions in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Brian Rafferty, center, attorney for Sidney Powell, gestures to the prosecution team as he addresses the court during a motions hearing in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, top left, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, left, speaks with an aide, right, in the gallery during a hearing on motions from defendant Sydney Powell in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee listens as motions are presented in his courtroom by an attorney for defendant Sidney Powell, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Brian Rafferty, left, attorney for Sidney Powell, gestures towards Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, right, during a motions hearing in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Brian Rafferty, attorney for Sidney Powell, addresses the court during a motions hearing in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
Brian Rafferty, right, attorney for Sidney Powell, gestures as he addresses the court during a motions hearing in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, top left, in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Nineteen people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted in August and accused of participating in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo, via AP)
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