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Nevilledog

(51,094 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 10:03 PM Mar 2022

🚨 Jan. 6 committee says crime-fraud exemption means no privilege for Eastman (new filing)





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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
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Mar 2, 2022
BREAKING: The Jan. 6 select committee says it believes Donald Trump violated multiple laws in his quest to overturn the 2020 election — including obstruction of Congress and defrauding the United States.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840.160.0.pdf

Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
In a major release of findings filed in federal court tonight, the panel revealed broad swaths of its conclusions. Here's the analysis on obstruction:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840.160.0.pdf
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6:53 PM · Mar 2, 2022




Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
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Mar 2, 2022
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In a major release of findings filed in federal court tonight, the panel revealed broad swaths of its conclusions. Here's the analysis on obstruction:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840.160.0.pdf
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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
The supported its conclusions by releasing excerpts from multiple depositions, including:

-JASON MILLER
-MARC SHORT
-GREG JACOB
-JOHN EASTMAN
-KEITH KELLOGG
-JEFF ROSEN
-RICHARD DONOGHUE
6:55 PM · Mar 2, 2022




https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840/gov.uscourts.cacd.841840.160.0.pdf

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🚨 Jan. 6 committee says crime-fraud exemption means no privilege for Eastman (new filing) (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2022 OP
well NO SHIT Skittles Mar 2022 #1
I know we know....this is about getting Eastman's communications. Nevilledog Mar 2022 #2
Sherlock! WhiteTara Mar 2022 #7
Kick Nevilledog Mar 2022 #3
Will the 1/6 Committee make a criminal referral to the DOJ, and what will Garland do with it? sop Mar 2022 #4
Who the fuck knows anymore? Nevilledog Mar 2022 #5
Page 44/// ultralite001 Mar 2022 #6

Nevilledog

(51,094 posts)
2. I know we know....this is about getting Eastman's communications.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 10:15 PM
Mar 2022

Crime exception to privilege.



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Jim Acosta
@Acosta
Jan 6 committee: “The facts we’ve gathered strongly suggest that Dr. Eastman’s emails may show that he helped Donald Trump advance a corrupt scheme to obstruct the counting of electoral college ballots and a conspiracy to impede the transfer of power.”
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january6th.house.gov
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United
Washington—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) today issued the following statement regarding the Select Committee’s brief filed this evening in John Eastman’s...
7:05 PM · Mar 2, 2022

Nevilledog

(51,094 posts)
5. Who the fuck knows anymore?
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 10:32 PM
Mar 2022

I think there will be referrals....won't even guess what Garland will do.

ultralite001

(894 posts)
6. Page 44///
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 10:42 PM
Mar 2022

The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President
and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United
States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371

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