The Georgia election interference case just had an interesting new development, and it’s not looking good for attorney Sidney Powell, one of the defendants facing various charges related to efforts to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. One of her former cohorts has seen fit to throw her under the bus, so to speak.

An attorney representing former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik placed most of the blame for the debacle on Powell for making false claims about the election.

A lawyer for an alleged co-conspirator in the Georgia 2020 election interference case has said that former Donald Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is mostly at fault over "knowingly" pushing false claims about the results.

Tim Parlatore, a former Trump attorney who currently represents ex-New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, made the claim after his client was subpoenaed to give evidence in the trial of Georgia defendants Powell and lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, which is due to begin on October 23. This would be the first trial as part of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' sprawling election interference case.

Kerik has not been charged under Willis' probe, but Parlatore previously confirmed to CNN that he was among the 30 "unindicted co-conspirators" who were featured in Willis' indictment against the former president and 18 others, including Powell and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Kerik has been accused of attending meetings in states in which former President Donald Trump was disputing the result of the election. Parlatore sent a letter to Fulton County District Attorney’s Office demanding that his client be granted immunity in exchange for his testimony.

The attorney noted that while there were inaccuracies in the findings of an investigation into the outcome of the election, Powell was the primary individual promoting knowingly false claims. He indicated that this prompted Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to distance themselves from her.

Powell has pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges, including conspiracy to commit election fraud and computer theft. Prosecutors allege that she illegally accessed computer voting data and plotted to seize voting equipment in order to overturn the election results.

This revelation comes after Fulton County prosecutors indicated they might be willing to offer plea deals to Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, another co-defendant. Scott Hall, another Trump associate caught up in the legal quagmire, has already pled guilty to five counts, which could also affect the trajectory of the case.

It stands to reason that the ultimate objective of the chess moves the prosecution is making is to eventually convict Trump, who is the prime target of these indictments. The district attorney’s office could accomplish this by making it more attractive for the rest of Trump’s co-defendants to turn on him and place blame for the alleged crimes on his shoulders.

By offering a plea deal that results in little to no jail time, such an opportunity might be too much for Powell and others to pass up, which could spell trouble for the former president if their testimonies offer enough evidence to convict him. Either way, it is entirely possible that Powell might just yet become a more pivotal figure in this case.