An Orland Park pastor charged with conspiring with others in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia says he is not planning to take a plea deal, but his attorney said that going through a trial would likely be very expensive.
The Rev. Stephen Cliffgard Lee, pastor at Living Word Lutheran Church in Orland Park, was indicted in August in state court in Georgia, along with former President Donald Trump.
He faces felony charges that include racketeering, influencing a witness and conspiracy to solicit false statements and writings. Some defendants have subsequently entered guilty pleas, and attorneys for Lee are trying to get the pastor’s charges tried separately from the rest of the remaining defendants.
At a fundraiser Thursday at Families of Faith Ministries, a Channahon church, Lee was adamant he would not follow the lead of some fellow defendants and attempt to secure a plea deal that could bring a less-severe penalty. He said he is facing a minimum of five years in a Georgia state prison if convicted.
He’s a former cop and and special agent with the Naval Intelligence Service. He did this:
The indictment states Lee knocked on Freeman’s door and spoke to her neighbor “with intent to knowingly engage in misleading conduct toward Ruby Freeman, by purporting to offer her help, and with intent to influence her testimony.”
He’s a POS and knew what he was doing.
Has he even been offered a plea deal? The above sounds like shitty behavior that both needs to be punished and wouldn’t give the prosecutor anything else to work with against Trump/Giuliani/Eastman.
Trying to sound tough saying he wont take one when there isn’t one available is just in line with how these shitheads work.
I think he’s asking for money for lawyers because he quit his job as pastor, he’s playing the victim.
Good. Bankrupt your church and catch a longer sentence.
This is what you call a win-win.
“I refuse to get a lighter sentence for my crimes!”
Okay!
“People holding Trump to account are evil!”
You betcha! Bye!
Nobody’s asking the important questions, will this declaration of war on the entire justice system effect thier tax exemption status…
