Washington – A California federal judge on Monday ordered Conservative attorney John Eastman to hand over a section of documents to the select committee of the House investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and found that “most likely is that former President Donald Trump “illegally tried to prevent official congressional proceedings on the day of the attack.
In his 44-page ruling on documents from Eastman, a former law professor at Chapman University who played a key role in Trump’s efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, the district judge of the United States David Carter wrote that, based on the evidence, he considered that “it is more likely than not that President Trump has attempted to corruptly obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021.”
“Dr. Eastman and President Trump have launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an unprecedented move in American history,” he wrote. “His campaign was not limited to the ivory tower, it was a coup in search of a legal theory. The plan stimulated violent attacks on the headquarters of the government of our nation, provoked the death of several law enforcement officers and deepened public distrust of our political process. “
of Eastman legal struggle with the select committee of the House came in response to a subpoena he issued at Chapman University to obtain records, including emails, related to the 2020 presidential election or the January 6 assault.
Eastman, however, tried to withhold the documents from investigators, arguing that they included information that would be protected under attorney-client privilege and working-lawyer attorney privileges. He asked a federal district court to block the committee to enforce his subpoena and prevent Chapman from complying with the lawsuit.
Specifically in question were emails exchanged between January 4, 2021 and January 7, 2021, some of which Eastman tried to claim privileges, claims that were rejected by the committee.
Of the 111 documents from that date that Eastman said should be protected from disclosure, Carter found that only 10 contained inside information and should therefore be withheld. The remaining 101 must be reported to the select committee of the House, he said.
“At most, this case is a warning about the dangers of ‘legal’ theories going wrong, the powerful abuses of public platforms and the desperation to win at any cost,” he wrote. “If Dr. Eastman and President Trump’s plan had worked, it would have ended the peaceful transition of power once and for all, undermining American democracy and the Constitution. Court fears January 6. “It will be repeated.”
The court had told the court a previous presentation as part of the dispute with Eastman that had evidence that Trump and his allies were involved in a “criminal conspiracy” in trying to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election.
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