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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election
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Jacqueline Alemany
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News: the select committee investigating 1/6 is expected to subpoena conservative scholar John Eastman -- a key part of the legal operation being run out of the 'command center' at the Willard Hotel, per Chairman Bennie Thompson.
Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election
The committee has already requested documents and communications related to John Eastmans legal advice and analysis on how former president Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results...
washingtonpost.com
5:29 PM · Oct 26, 2021
Jacqueline Alemany
@JaxAlemany
News: the select committee investigating 1/6 is expected to subpoena conservative scholar John Eastman -- a key part of the legal operation being run out of the 'command center' at the Willard Hotel, per Chairman Bennie Thompson.
Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election
The committee has already requested documents and communications related to John Eastmans legal advice and analysis on how former president Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results...
washingtonpost.com
5:29 PM · Oct 26, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6-committee-expected-to-subpoena-lawyer-who-advised-trump-pence-on-how-to-overturn-election/2021/10/26/e9120342-36ae-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html
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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to subpoena John Eastman, the pro-Trump legal scholar who outlined scenarios for denying Joe Biden the presidency, according to the panels chairman.
It will happen, Chair Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said in an interview Tuesday of a subpoena for Eastman, who played a key role in the legal operation that was run out of a command center at the Willard Hotel in Washington in the days and hours leading up to Jan. 6. Thompson did not provide a timeline for when the subpoena will be issued.
The committee has requested documents and communications related to Eastmans legal advice and analysis on how President Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results and remain in office.
Eastman told The Washington Post last week that he had not been contacted by the panel investigating the insurrection, but a person familiar with the select committees work disputed that claim and said investigators have been in touch with Eastman. This person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations, added that a subpoena would be avoidable if Eastman cooperated with the committees investigation voluntarily. The committee is expected to issue subpoenas to other witnesses in the days ahead.
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Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2021
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(145,176 posts)1. It will be fun to see if this asshole takes the 5th
If this asshole takes the 5th during this interview that fact will be used in his disbarment proceeding. Taking the 5th Amendment in a civil proceeding can be used against a lawyer. This asshole needs to be disbarred
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It will happen, Chair Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said in an interview Tuesday of a subpoena for Eastman, who played a key role in the legal operation that was run out of a command center at the Willard Hotel in Washington in the days and hours leading up to Jan. 6. Thompson did not provide a timeline for when the subpoena will be issued.
The committee has requested documents and communications related to Eastmans legal advice and analysis on how President Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results and remain in office.
Eastman told The Washington Post last week that he had not been contacted by the panel investigating the insurrection, but a person familiar with the select committees work disputed that claim and said investigators have been in touch with Eastman. This person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations, added that a subpoena would be avoidable if Eastman cooperated with the committees investigation voluntarily. The committee is expected to issue subpoenas to other witnesses in the days ahead.
The committee has requested documents and communications related to Eastmans legal advice and analysis on how President Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results and remain in office.
Eastman told The Washington Post last week that he had not been contacted by the panel investigating the insurrection, but a person familiar with the select committees work disputed that claim and said investigators have been in touch with Eastman. This person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations, added that a subpoena would be avoidable if Eastman cooperated with the committees investigation voluntarily. The committee is expected to issue subpoenas to other witnesses in the days ahead.