Trump lawyer John Eastman says court will prove 'presidential criminality' if it rules against him

[turbinetree]

By Bob Brigham
Published March 04, 2022

The attorney who wrote the infamous "coup memo" describing how Donald Trump could attempt to stay in office after losing the 2020 presidential election is trying to stall court proceedings.

"Attorney John Eastman, the architect of Donald Trump’s legal strategy to overturn the 2020 election, urged a federal judge Friday to slow down the Jan. 6 select committee’s push to obtain documents they say could show the former president criminally conspired to subvert the democratic process," Politico reported Friday.

The filing came after the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol argued against Eastman's claims of attorney-client privilege as he attempted to quash a subpoena for 11,000 documents

https://www.rawstory.com/john-eastman-says-court-will-prove-trumps-presidential-criminality-if-it-rules-against-him/

And then this:

"Eastman argued that if the court does not quash his subpoena, it will be a finding that Trump committed crimes."

[C_U_L8R]

1. And...?

Eastman has lost the law and order script, if he ever had it.

[Karadeniz]

2. Well, that's different! A lawyer maintaining in a court of justice that he should prevail in order

to prevent the course of justice. I bet the presiding judge skipped that course in law school...

[2naSalit]

4. It's almost comedy...

So he's saying that they committed crimes and if the courts don't help them, they;ll be indicted which also means that all protections are mute because they committed crimes while engaged in their activities that brought us to this point.

[Karadeniz]

5. Makes perfect sense to me !!!!!!!

[2naSalit]

11. I forgot to mention...

It's all pretzelogic.

[Karadeniz]

12. YES !!!

[2naSalit]

3. Well DUH!

Just like the idea that Rs can't win elections unless they cheat.

[malaise]

7. Double Duh!

They are all guilty

[Mr. Ected]

6. As if we needed any further proof that this idiot is unfit to practice law

He goes and opens up his trap and removes all doubt.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. Last I heard, the Pig hadn't been indicted or charged much less had his due process in court.

How is the judge going to do by making this decision?

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. Well, yes, very obviously

the implicit argument here is that the president of the United States is above the law. That is a principle which needs to be rejected and discredited. It was a mistake for Ford to pardon Nixon; if he hadn't Eastman wouldn't be making this stupid fucking argument now.

[Chainfire]

10. Well someone should ask him, "In your legal opinion, did Trump commit a crime?"

[FakeNoose]

13. I can't believe that Eastman hasn't been disbarred yet

[Eugene]

14. Trump only hires the very best people.

/sarc

[tanyev]

15. Alrighty, then.

[edhopper]

16. And if it happens

Garland will ignore that too.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Eastman is a really bad attorney

His memos were pure crap and this defense is really stupid