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By Matthew Chapman
Published October 04, 2021
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On CNN Monday, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman explained that pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman's "coup" memo was so outlandish, that even Eastman himself admitted to former Vice President Mike Pence that what it was describing wasn't really legal.
"I want to ask about your piece over the weekend about this attorney, John Eastman," said anchor Anderson Cooper. "It's a fascinating look at the former president's attorney who is behind the memo that some have likened to a blueprint for a coup. Can you just lay out, sort of, what you learned?"
"So, John Eastman went into actually really extensive detail about this meeting that he attended in the Oval Office with former President Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence, with two of Pence's advisers on January 4th," said Haberman. "Two days before the riot at the Capitol that followed a rally that Eastman himself spoke at. And Eastman laid out this argument for why Pence could, you know, at first, it was that he could he could allow replacement, alternate slates of electors from different states. None of that ever materialized. There were no slates of alternate electors. So, he then switched his suggestion to that Pence could basically go for a delay in certifying the election."
https://www.rawstory.com/john-eastman-trump-memo-2655221158/
This "lawyer" should be disbarred....
Takket
(21,528 posts)Read that on here somewhere today.........
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)One or more legislators or the VP (or kill them or intimidate them to abandon the effort and let martial law take over).
PortTack
(32,705 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)the first rule was always, tell the client the truth, not what they want to hear, in my case whether it was a private I was defending, or a General I was advising, either way, you don't worry about what they want to hear.
You do try to "get to yes" but if what they want is not legally possible, then you say it.
viva la
(3,270 posts)figured out that his claims were totally bogus.
Well, Quayle figured it out right away. Pence had to be dragged to the reality.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(144,919 posts)maxrandb
(15,296 posts)JFC Anderson! IT WAS A FUCKING BLUEPRINT FOR A COUP
"some have likened Anderson Cooper and Maggie Haberman to actual journalist"
Anderson is normally pretty good, but that was either just lazy, or intentional.
"Some have likened" is the Andrea Mitchell of Chuck Todds