As Mike Pence hid from a marauding mob during the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, John Eastman, an attorney for Donald Trump, emailed a top Pence aide to say that Pence had caused the violence by refusing to block certification of Trump’s election loss.
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WaPo:
“The ‘siege’ is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so that the American people can see for themselves what happened,” Eastman wrote to Jacob, referring to Trump’s claims of voter fraud.
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This is incredible: Eastman- Trump’s lawyer- was still pushing Pence not to certify the electoral college vote AFTER the insurrection:
Pence's lawyer blamed Eastman for inciting the insurrection:
Here is the draft op-ed Jacob wrote in January 2021, when he was chief counsel to VP Pence, but ultimately decided not to publish. Washington Post obtained a copy of the draft for the story examining John Eastman’s actions around the events of Jan. 6.washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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