Jan. 6 Committee to Get Eastman Emails Showing Likely Fraud
- Judge said emails show Trump knew he was pushing bunk claims
- Trump lawyer Eastman had argued emails were privileged
John Eastman
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More emails involving Donald Trump’s former attorney John Eastman feature evidence of potential postelection criminal activity by Trump and his allies, a federal judge in California found.
US District Judge David Carter on Wednesday ordered the disclosure of eight documents that Eastman argued should be shielded from a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, citing privileges for attorney-client communications or legal work product.