Opinion | The Trumpian Tragedy of Jenna Ellis

Donald Trump is still pretending that the 2020 presidential election “was RIGGED & STOLLEN,” as he put it the other day on Truth Social, where he also teased an imminent unveiling of “massive information and 100% evidence.” Meantime, in the real world, three lawyers who assisted with Mr. Trump’s schemes to reverse his 2020 defeat have pleaded guilty to crimes in Georgia.

The latest is Jenna Ellis, who on Tuesday tearfully read a statement to the court, acknowledging she had pushed specious claims, including to state lawmakers, without due diligence. “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,” she said. “If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these postelection challenges.”