Thread by @meghanncuniff

John Eastman's statement headlined "OMG, Mrs. Thomas asked me to give an update about election litigation to her group. Stop the Presses!" includes this email from Ginni Thomas, apparently released under Judge Carter's order. "Is your mailing address for Christmas cards still..."

Eastman released it through his Substack. johneastman.substack.com/p/omg-mrs-thom… It confirms what at this point was obvious: Ginni Thomas is the "high-profile leader" of of the group referenced in Carter's order.

Judge Carter ordered Eastman to release only 10 of the 30 emails he reviewed from Ginni's group. Eastman's May 19 brief actually gives us a glimpse of three emails that Carter ended up shielding from the #J6 committee.

The emails Eastman quoted above were among 20 that Judge Carter said "are entirely logistical or plan updates on state post-election litigation, which the Court has already found to be a legitimate form of recourse." From his order.

Under Carter's order, Eastman wasn't to redact the name of the "sitting Member of Congress" who attended the group's Dec. 9, 2020, Zoom meeting, nor the name of the group's "high-profile leader" aka Ginni. But the names of speakers not mentioned in the order were to be redacted.

One thing to remember is that the #J6 Committee was on track to receive all of Eastman's @ChapmanU emails unredacted in January, but Eastman sued and Carter issued a temporary restraining order that halted the disclosure. bit.ly/3AnZPVX

Compare what happened with Eastman's Chapman emails to what happened with his University of Colorado emails, which were disclosed under a public records request. No months-long review of attorney-client privilege claims involved. politi.co/3tF0RLm

Being a private university, Chapman isn't subject to public records laws. But it seems like Eastman could have made the same privilege claims to the University of Colorado emails that he did with the Chapman emails. But did his claims in the Chapman case really help him?

Eastman managed to persuade Judge Carter to shield emails the committee would have otherwise gotten, but the litigation also got big attention and included Carter's powerful rulings regarding Trump and Eastman's likely crimes. That could be more significant than any one email.