House Panel to Subpoena John Eastman

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House Panel to Subpoena John Eastman

October 26, 2021 at 11:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/10/26/house-panel-to-subpoena-john-eastman/

"SNIP......

“Congressional investigators are preparing to seek testimony from John Eastman, the attorney who crafted a legal strategy to help Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election results on Jan. 6,” Politico reports.

“In the aftermath of Trump’s defeat in the election, Eastman helped the outgoing president chart a legal strategy that included petitioning the Supreme Court to intervene in the election and throw out the electoral votes of four states that propelled Joe Biden to his Electoral College victory. When that effort failed, Eastman drafted a strategy to persuade then-Vice President Mike Pence to throw out the election results himself.”

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[dalton99a]

1. About time.

[Grasswire2]

2. "are preparing to"

Sometimes I think there's a ban on ACTION WORDS when reporting on Dems.

As an editor, this drives me nuts.

Couldn't they write "Congressional investigators WILL SEEK testimony from John Eastman..."?

So frustrating.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election

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

Link to tweet

“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 Eastman’s 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 committee’s 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 committee’s investigation voluntarily. The committee is expected to issue subpoenas to other witnesses in the days ahead.