Report: Eastman Pitched Coup Plan Directly To Arizona GOP Leader

[Zorro]

John Eastman, the conservative legal scholar who drew up a full scheme to have then-Vice President Mike Pence throw out certain states’ 2020 electoral votes to steal the election for Donald Trump, reportedly took his ideas straight to at least one Republican leader in a state Trump lost.

According to the Arizona Republic’s latest report in its multi-part series on Trumpworld’s efforts to invalidate Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, Eastman reached out to state House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) personally on Jan. 4 to pitch a legal theory on how Arizona’s electors ought to be tossed away before Congress certifies the electoral votes on Jan. 6.

Eastman has claimed he was only ever offering hypotheticals and had no intention of overturning the election. But Jan. 4 — the day he spoke to Bowers — was also the day he presented his election-stealing scheme to Pence.

Both reported examples show Eastman pressing Republicans to subvert the election, not simply offering disinterested legal advice.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eastman-pitch-coup-plan-arizona-gop-leader

[elleng]

1. 'conservative legal scholar' B.S.

NO such thing.

[malaise]

2. Conservative or Fascist? n/t

[The Magistrate]

9. Not Much Difference Anymore, Ma'am

[malaise]

10. Sure looks that way Sir

[usaf-vet]

3. Take his law license. The law school he graduate from should loudly denounce his treasonous talk.

I have a license to carry a gun. But it doesn't give me the freedom to shoot whoever, whenever, where ever for whatever reason if the mood strikes me.

It is way past time to stand up to this treasonous insurrectionist and others like him.

Rudy Guliani, Sidney Powell, and the other clown car lawyers who lie and fabricate outrageous conspiracies are perfect examples.

When lawyers start using their law licenses to bend and ignore the laws of this country, it's time to take their law licenses away.

[Roy Rolling]

6. Good point

Professionals who hide behind their diplomas and government-issued licenses should be stripped of their credentials.

[usaf-vet]

11. You said it better in less word than me. But we are on the same page.

[lastlib]

4. Send that GOPher a subpoena!

Just waterboard Eastman. Get the f*cking TRUTH out of these basturds!

[KS Toronado]

5. With the midterms coming up

We need to be asking every R that will listen if they really want to help the R party attempt to overthrow
our democracy again and possibly lose some of their freedoms that they love.

[ancianita]

7. Ah, so THAT'S why Trump and the Senate rethugs kept harping on AZ's count on Jan 6.

[Takket]

8. If using your place as a member of the bar to press people to commit a coup

Isn’t worthy of disbarment, then I don’t know why there is a bar.