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As part of the plea deal, Ellis wrote an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia, much like Powell and Chesebro. Ellis took this one step further and tearfully read her apology into the record.

As an attorney who is also a Christian, I take my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously, and I endeavour to be a person of sound moral and ethical character in all of my dealings. In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, I believed that challenging the results on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a just and legal way. I endeavoured to represent my client in the best of my ability. I relied on others, including lawyers with many more years of experience than I, to provide me with true and reliable information, especially since my role involved speaking to the media and to legislators in various states. What I did not do, but should have done, your honor, was to make sure that the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were, in fact, true. In the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia, I failed to do my due diligence. I believe in and I value election integrity. If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post election challenges. I look back on this whole experience with deep remorse. For those failures of mine, your honor, I have taken responsibility already before the Colorado bar, who censured me, and I now take responsibility before this Court and apologize to the people of Georgia. Thank you.

An important piece of reporting to reference here is that seven of the nine declared candidates (Jack Bergman, Byron Donalds, Kevin Hern, Mike Johnson, Dan Meuser, Gary Palmer, and Pete Sessions) objected to the certification of the 2020 Presidential election. The two candidates who did not are Tom Emmer, the majority whip, and Austin Scott.

Senators

• Tommy Tuberville (AL)
• Rick Scott (FL)
• Roger Marshall (KS)
• John Kennedy (LA)
• Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
• Josh Hawley (MO)
• Ted Cruz (TX)
• Cynthia Lummis (WY)

Representatives

• Robert B. Aderholt, (AL)
• Mo Brooks, (AL)
• Jerry Carl, (AL)
• Barry Moore, (AL)
• Gary Palmer, (AL)
• Mike Rogers, (AL)
• Andy Biggs, (AZ)
• Paul Gosar, (AZ)
• Debbie Lesko, (AZ)
• David Schweikert, (AZ)
• Rick Crawford, (AR)
• Ken Calvert, (CA)
• Mike Garcia, (CA)
• Darrell Issa, (CA)
• Doug LaMalfa, (CA)
• Kevin McCarthy, (CA)
• Devin Nunes, (CA)
• Jay Obernolte, (CA)
• Lauren Boebert, (CO)
• Doug Lamborn, (CO)
• Kat Cammack, (FL)
• Mario Diaz-Balart, (FL)
• Byron Donalds, (FL)
• Neal Dunn, (FL)
• Scott Franklin, (FL)
• Matt Gaetz, (FL)
• Carlos Gimenez, (FL)
• Brian Mast, (FL)
• Bill Posey, (FL)
• John Rutherford, (FL)
• Greg Steube, (FL)
• Daniel Webster, (FL)
• Rick Allen, (GA)
• Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, (GA)
• Andrew Clyde, (GA)
• Marjorie Taylor Greene, (GA)
• Jody Hice, (GA)
• Barry Loudermilk, (GA)
• Russ Fulcher, (ID)
• Mike Bost, (IL)
• Mary Miller, (IL)
• Jim Baird, (IN)
• Jim Banks, (IN)
• Greg Pence, (IN)
• Jackie Walorski, (IN)
• Ron Estes, (KS)
• Jacob LaTurner, (KS)
• Tracey Mann, (KS)
• Harold Rogers, (KY)
• Garret Graves, (LA)
• Clay Higgins, (LA)
• Mike Johnson, (LA)
• Steve Scalise, (LA)
• Andy Harris, (MD)
• Jack Bergman, (MI)
• Lisa McClain, (MI)
• Tim Walberg, (MI)
• Michelle Fischbach, (MN)
• Jim Hagedorn, (MN)
• Michael Guest, (MS)
• Trent Kelly, (MS)
• Steven Palazzo, (MS)
• Sam Graves, (MO)
• Vicky Hartzler, (MO)
• Billy Long, (MO)
• Blaine Luetkemeyer, (MO)
• Jason Smith, (MO)
• Matt Rosendale, (MT)
• Dan Bishop, (NC)
• Ted Budd, (NC)
• Madison Cawthorn, (NC)
• Virginia Foxx, (NC)
• Richard Hudson, (NC)
• Gregory F. Murphy, (NC)
• David Rouzer, (NC)
• Jeff Van Drew, (NJ)
• Yvette Herrell, (NM)
• Chris Jacobs, (NY)
• Nicole Malliotakis, (NY)
• Elise M. Stefanik, (NY)
• Lee Zeldin, (NY)
• Adrian Smith, (NB)
• Steve Chabot, (OH)
• Warren Davidson, (OH)
• Bob Gibbs, (OH)
• Bill Johnson, (OH)
• Jim Jordan, (OH)
• Stephanie Bice, (OK)
• Tom Cole, (OK)
• Kevin Hern, (OK)
• Frank Lucas, (OK)
• Markwayne Mullin, (OK)
• Cliff Bentz, (OR)
• John Joyce, (PA)
• Fred Keller, (PA)
• Mike Kelly, (PA)
• Daniel Meuser, (PA)
• Scott Perry, (PA)
• Guy Reschenthaler, (PA)
• Lloyd Smucker, (PA)
• Glenn Thompson, (PA)
• Jeff Duncan, (SC)
• Ralph Norman, (SC)
• Tom Rice, (SC)
• William Timmons, (SC)
• Joe Wilson, (SC)
• Tim Burchett, (TN)
• Scott DesJarlais, (TN)
• Chuck Fleischmann, (TN)
• Mark E. Green, (TN)
• Diana Harshbarger, (TN)
• David Kustoff, (TN)
• John Rose, (TN)
• Jodey Arrington, (TX)
• Brian Babin, (TX)
• Michael C. Burgess, (TX)
• John R. Carter, (TX)
• Michael Cloud, (TX)
• Pat Fallon, (TX)
• Louie Gohmert, (TX)
• Lance Gooden, (TX)
• Ronny Jackson, (TX)
• Troy Nehls, (TX)
• August Pfluger, (TX)
• Pete Sessions, (TX)
• Beth Van Duyne, (TX)
• Randy Weber, (TX)
• Roger Williams, (TX)
• Ron Wright, (TX)
• Burgess Owens, (UT)
• Chris Stewart, (UT)
• Ben Cline, (VA)
• Bob Good, (VA)
• Morgan Griffith, (VA)
• Robert J. Wittman, (VA)
• Carol Miller, (WV)
• Alexander X. Mooney, (WV)
• Scott Fitzgerald, (WI)
• Tom Tiffany, (WI)

After refusing a plea deal earlier in the week, and feeling the pressure of yesterday's news that Sydney Powell took a plea deal, Kenneth Chesebro has taken agreed to testify.

Live Updates

• CBS: House speaker vote live updates
• NBC: House speaker vote live updates

To see who the hold-outs are and how they're voting, refer to the election of the speaker Wikipedia article. If your elected representative does not appear in the list of hold-outs, they voted for their party's nominee.

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Former Speaker Boehner, whose term as a House member had ended with his resignation during the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^3]: Miller, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^4]: Bilirakis missed the first vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law. [^5]: Gonzalez missed the third ballot due to a death in his family. [^6]: Van Orden missed the third ballot as he embarked on what he described as a "fact-finding mission" in Israel.

The keen of you will have noticed that, unlike Monday and Tuesday, I didn't make a discussion post today about the Speaker's race. It was my full intention to do so, however, news broke this morning that the GOP nominee, Jim Jordan, scrapped his plans for a vote this afternoon.

A deal empowering Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry was speculated to be a potential "out" for the 18 GOP congresspersons who represent Biden-won districts, however after a 3-hour closed-door meeting today, the GOP was still undecided.

Tonight, Jim Jordan has announced plans for a third ballot, which he believes will take place 10:00 AM (EST) on Friday.

She is pleading guilty to six misdemeanor charges, according to the agreement read in court Thursday. She will get 12 months of probation for each count, as well as a $6,000 fine.

Today's US House session is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Eastern.

Select Reporting

• AP: GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker and colleagues seek other options
• Axios: House could make McHenry a temporary speaker

Live Updates

• CBS: House speaker vote live updates
• NBC: House speaker vote live updates
• AP: Live updates: Jim Jordan comes up short in second round of voting

Where to Watch

• C-SPAN: House Session: House Session | The House will hold a second round of voting in the House Speaker election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was removed from the position on October 3rd.
• PBS NewsHour via YouTube: WATCH LIVE: House convenes again to vote for speaker as Rep. Jim Jordan seeks to unify GOP support

To see who the hold-outs are and how they're voting, refer to the election of the speaker Wikipedia article. If your elected representative does not appear in the list of hold-outs, they voted for their party's nominee.

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Former Speaker Boehner, whose term as a House member had ended with his resignation during the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^3]: Miller, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^4]: Bilirakis missed the first vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law.

We expect this afternoon the full House to have another vote (or votes) to choose the Speaker, without whom the House can conduct no business. Some Republican Representatives are indicating that they will not back Jordan for Speaker despite his nomination within the caucus; whether there are enough to block him from the Speakership - and what happens after that - remains to be seen. Besides his own, Jordan requires 217 Republican votes to reach the Speakership. We expect the House Democratic Caucus to remain consolidated behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Live Updates

• CBS: House speaker vote live updates
• NBC: House speaker vote live updates
• USA Today: House set to vote on new speaker today as Jim Jordan tries to sway holdouts: Live updates
• CNN: The latest on the House speaker race

Where to Watch

• C-SPAN: House Session: The House is expected to hold a Speaker election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was removed from the position on October 3.
• PBS NewsHour via YouTube: Watch Live: House convenes to elect new speaker with front-runner Jordan still rallying GOP support
• US House of Representatives: House Live

To see who the hold-outs are and how they're voting, refer to the election of the speaker Wikipedia article. If your elected representative does not appear in the list of hold-outs, they voted for their party's nominee.

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Bilirakis missed the vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law.