TFG attorney, John Eastman, former employer just gutted Eastman claim of Atty/client privilege

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Eastman has been refusing to release a ton of e-mails and other communications on the ground of attorney client privilege that are on the email server of Eastman's former employer. There has been a couple of hearing on this issue including one where Eastman did not prove that he was actually representing TFG. The judge was going to have to review all of these emails to see if they were privilege or potentially privileged.

Eastman's former employer just gutted any grounds for claiming that the emails on Chapman Univ.'s email server are privileged. There will be yet another hearing on this issue but this does not look good for this alleged TFG attorney

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1. Eastman's former employer is not happy

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https://news.chapman.edu/2021/01/13/statement-from-the-office-of-the-president/

Statement from the Office of the President
January 13, 20211 min read
The following is a statement President Daniele Struppa sent to the Chapman University community on Wednesday, January 13.

“After discussions over the course of the last week, Dr. John Eastman and Chapman University have reached an agreement pursuant to which he will retire from Chapman, effective immediately. Dr. Eastman’s departure closes this challenging chapter for Chapman and provides the most immediate and certain path forward for both the Chapman community and Dr. Eastman. Chapman and Dr. Eastman have agreed not to engage in legal actions of any kind, including any claim of defamation that may currently exist, as both parties move forward.”

The university is not able to comment further on the specifics of confidential personnel matters and will make no further statements on this matter.

[Cha]

6. KARMA for the Sociopathic Psycho

Rt💕TY!

💙💛

[Leghorn21]

2. Aw, SWEET

For whatever reason, I really dislike this guy and I hope his nights are long and sweaty
In a bad way

“I just don’t like the guy!!”

Thanks for posting this much-needed mood elevator, Let!!

[Cha]

3. Rt💕TY

💙💛

[FakeNoose]

4. Thank you Chapman University!

Getting ready for the email dump. Now let's get these hearings going...

[UTUSN]

5. K&R

[tanyev]

7. If I may quote noted legal scholar Corey Lewandowski:

[Ohio Joe]

8. K&R - nt

[dsc]

9. I certainly don't think attorney client privilege exists here

but fail to see the relevance of Eastman's using his employer's email to this issue. The privilege belongs to the client, not Eastman, so Eastman's misconduct is irrelevant to this issue. Now, the fact that Eastman and Trump conspired to fix an election, that misconduct is very relevant to the issue of privilege.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. I Amjured in Evidence a very long time ago (amjur is the award for high grade in class)

The attorney client privilege only applies if the communications are kept confidential. If Eastland was using a dedicated email system for his legal practice, then the communications would be considered confidential. Here, Eastland used the University email system when he was not authorized to use for the private practice of law. That means that Chapman University has the right to these emails and these emails are considered out in the public domain.

Law firms are careful about privilege, and we do not use texts or non law firm email systems. The January 6 Committee was correct in attacking the privilege. To claim the privilege, Eastman would need to show that the University authorized the use of their system for attorney client communications and had in place procedures to protect these emails. As noted above, Chapman fired Eastman and has now told the January 6 committee that Eastman was not authorized to use the University's system for the private practice of law.

I also note that Eastman has never proved that TFG had engaged Eastman and so this is an open issue. The court is also considering whether the fraud crime exception applies which would mean that all of these emails are not privileged

The court had a number of grounds to rule that the privilege does not apply

[Hekate]

12. Unlike LMPV I have no legal training as such. However, I was employed in the Labor Relations unit...

… of the staff (i.e. non-academic) Personnel Department at the University of California. Very long ago. Still, I can tell you this: everything belongs to the University. If you are using their computer, be aware you have no right to privacy. If you invent something in their labs, they will hold the patent. Think it through — the offices, the furniture, the lab equipment, the computers, the phones — they are not yours to use as the whim takes you. You don’t get to start up a business of your own from “your” office.

When I went to work for the County, it did not surprise me that the rules were much the same.

Eastman stole time from his employer. He stole the usage of equipment. On the scale that he did so, plus the national ill-repute he brought to them, getting righteously fired is the least of his troubles.

[L. Coyote]

10. Amateurs thought they were going to get away with biggest crime in the history of our democracy.

And all this evasiveness and stalling only highlights their consciousness of guilt.