Sidney Powell vowed to ‘release the Kraken’ to help Donald Trump. She may now testify against him

Published October 19, 2023 3:35 PM

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kraken has cracked. Lawyer Sidney Powell vowed to “release the Kraken” as she helped lead a legal battle for former President Donald Trump to overturn his 2020 election loss. She has now struck a deal with Georgia prosecutors this week that could have her testify against him. Her guilty plea Thursday culminates a three-year journey in which she pursued baseless and often outlandish theories in the weeks before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Along the way, Powell was part of several key events and now becomes a potentially critical witness against him.

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