‘Likely’ Donald Trump committed felonies around Capitol attack, judge says

about 2 years in The Irish Times

Donald Trump’s lawyer John Eastman must turn over to the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack around a hundred emails he had refused to submit to the investigation, a federal judge ruled Monday. He also said the former US president “more likely than not” committed felonies over the January 6th insurrection.
The extraordinary ruling that paves the way for the select committee to obtain some of Mr Eastman’s most sensitive emails concerning his illegal scheme to return Mr Trump to office, marks another major breakthrough for the investigation.
“Based on the evidence the court finds that it is more likely than not that president Trump and Dr Eastman dishonestly conspired to obstruct the joint session of congress on Jan 6, 2021,” ruled judge David Carter.
Among the emails that the judge ordered Mr Eastman to turn over include messages forwarded to him by Mr Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, recommending that Mike Pence, then vice-president, overturn the 2020 election and laid out a day-by-day plan of action leading up to January 6th. – Guardian

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