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Uncle Joe

(58,349 posts)
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:22 PM Mar 2022

Judge finds Trump 'more likely than not' committed felony obstruction in effort to overturn election



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The judge, who reviewed Eastman's documents, ordered Eastman to turn over all but ten that the court found privileged.

In response, Eastman's legal team said in a statement Monday afternoon that Eastman "intends to comply with the court's order" and will turn over the requested documents.

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"The eleventh document is a chain forwarding to Dr. Eastman a draft memo written for President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani," Carter wrote. "The memo recommended that Vice President Pence reject electors from contested states on January 6. This may have been the first time members of President Trump's team transformed a legal interpretation of the Electoral Count Act into a day-by-day plan of action."

"The draft memo pushed a strategy that knowingly violated the Electoral Count Act, and Dr. Eastman's later memos closely track its analysis and proposal," Carter wrote.

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-finds-trump-committed-felony-obstruction-effort-overturn/story?id=83721530



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