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Broke Lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis Prove Trump Will Never Run Out of Marks to Con<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters</p> <p>There’s no honor among thieves. So why am I starting to feel sorry for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-censured-in-colorado-over-false-election-claims">Jenna Ellis</a>, a lawyer who was part of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/showing-up-to-gop-debate-would-be-the-ultimate-trump-flex">Donald Trump’s</a> “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/politics/jenna-ellis-trump.html">Elite Strike Force</a>”?</p> <p>She was recently charged as a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-are-trumps-unindicted-co-conspirators-in-georgia-we-unmask-them">co-conspirator with Trump</a> in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. And yet, the ex-president has hung her out to dry. She’s become an apostate in TrumpWorld.</p> <p>You see, she committed the mortal sin of disloyalty to Trump—she’s supporting Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican primary. Though she’s not the only ex-Trump associate who’s gone for the Florida governor (or otherwise <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-adults-only-blew-the-whistle-once-they-had-no-power">run afoul of Trump</a>), she might end up paying the highest price.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/broke-lawyers-rudy-giuliani-and-jenna-ellis-prove-trump-will-never-run-out-of-marks-to-con">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters

There’s no honor among thieves. So why am I starting to feel sorry for Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who was part of Donald Trump’sElite Strike Force”?

She was recently charged as a co-conspirator with Trump in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. And yet, the ex-president has hung her out to dry. She’s become an apostate in TrumpWorld.

You see, she committed the mortal sin of disloyalty to Trump—she’s supporting Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican primary. Though she’s not the only ex-Trump associate who’s gone for the Florida governor (or otherwise run afoul of Trump), she might end up paying the highest price.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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