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Mike Pence's Former Counsel will be a witness tomorrow
I have always liked the O'Melveny. The transaction attorneys know how to get a deal closed. This story about one of the witnesses tomorrow is very interesting
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https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/03/03/a-serpent-in-the-ear-of-the-president-mike-pences-counsel-now-at-omelveny-confronted-john-eastman-over-jan-6-legal-theory/
As Greg Jacob watched angry supporters of former President Donald Trump coalesce around the Capitol on Jan. 6, he fired off an email to a man whom he had only recently met whose actions he felt contributed to the unfolding chaos.
In meetings on each of the previous two days, John Eastman, a conservative constitutional law professor representing Trump, met with Jacob, who was then chief counsel to Vice President Mike Pence. Eastman tried to convince Jacob that Pence, who was set to preside over the formal certification of the election results on Jan. 6, had the legal authority to reject electors and potentially declare Trump the winner.
Jacob thought the theory was legal nonsense.
“I have run down every legal trail placed before me to its logical conclusion, and I respectfully conclude as a legal framework, it is a results oriented position that you would never support if attempted by the opposition, and essentially entirely made up,” he wrote in an email as the mob began to breach the building.
In meetings on each of the previous two days, John Eastman, a conservative constitutional law professor representing Trump, met with Jacob, who was then chief counsel to Vice President Mike Pence. Eastman tried to convince Jacob that Pence, who was set to preside over the formal certification of the election results on Jan. 6, had the legal authority to reject electors and potentially declare Trump the winner.
Jacob thought the theory was legal nonsense.
“I have run down every legal trail placed before me to its logical conclusion, and I respectfully conclude as a legal framework, it is a results oriented position that you would never support if attempted by the opposition, and essentially entirely made up,” he wrote in an email as the mob began to breach the building.
I will be happy to see John Eastman disbarred.
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Look at this newly-released photo of the Pences on January 6, thanks to
@jonkarl
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"Taken just minutes after the mob had breached the Capitol and as Pence and his family were evacuated...Karen Pence hurriedly closing the curtains in the room, as her daughter looks on with fear."
@jonkarl
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"Taken just minutes after the mob had breached the Capitol and as Pence and his family were evacuated...Karen Pence hurriedly closing the curtains in the room, as her daughter looks on with fear."
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