He left because the coup attempt failed.
'The boss is not going to leave': Proffer videos show ex-Trump lawyers telling Georgia prosecutors about efforts to overturn 2020 election
"She's adding something that's golden evidence for prosecutors both in Georgia and in DC, which is, they don't have to prove this but if they can show that Trump knew he lost and was still trying to hold on to power, that's it,” he said. “That's game over. And that's exactly what she says is the context of the conversation."
Gwen Keyes, a former DeKalb County, Ga., district attorney, told MSNBC that Ellis’ testimony may be key to the Fulton case.
"That is a key element of every one of the crimes that is listed in the indictment," she said. "That being that the defendants knew that they were perpetrating a lie, and so this goes right to the heart of that."
"You might remember, that Jenna Ellis testified before the Jan. 6 Committee, that at a holiday party, Donald Trump said to Mark Meadows, his chief of staff, 'I don't want people to know that we lost. It's embarrassing, figure it out. We need to figure it out.' So, all of this together paints a really damaging picture for Donald Trump,” he said.
I agree 100% with this:
"In a statement to ABC News, Steve Sadow, Trump's lead counsel in the Fulton County case, called the "purported private conversation," as described by Ellis, "absolutely meaningless."
"The only salient fact to this nonsense line of inquiry is that President Trump left the White House on January 20, 2021, and returned to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida," Sadow said. "If this is the type of bogus, ridiculous 'evidence' DA Willis intends to rely upon, it is one more reason that this political, travesty of a case must be dismissed."
Former Georgia prosecutor Chris Timmons, an ABC News contributor, said that Ellis' testimony may ultimately assist Georgia prosecutors at trial -- but that the evidence might not be a "kill shot," given the comment did not come directly from the former president.
"Assuming Ms. Ellis testifies consistently at trial, her testimony about the Scavino conversation would help the State prove its allegation that the former President conspired with others to unlawfully change the result of the election," said Timmons. "But that evidence is not a 'kill shot' in that it didn't come directly from the former President."
"Timmons, the former prosecutor, also told ABC News that the partial video reviewed of Powell's sessions could end up helping the defense, because Powell appeared to sincerely believe there was election fraud and communicated that to Trump.
"That information would be helpful for the defense in that it bolsters a defense that the former president thought he was acting lawfully," the former Georgia prosecutor said."
"In fact, in the portions of video obtained by ABC,
Ellis never discussed any conversation she personally had with Trump."