Federal agents last week seized the cell phone of John Eastman, a lawyer who pushed false claims that mass voter fraud tainted the 2020 election & urged Trump & other Republicans to block Biden from becoming president.
- @DevlinBarrett
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- @DevlinBarrett
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“Eastman’s lawyer, Charles Burnham, filed papers in federal court in New Mexico Mon asking a judge to order the cell phone returned to Eastman. It was seized pursuant to a search order when he left a restaurant last Wednesday —
“a day in which fed agents around the country delivered subpoenas, executed search warrants, & interviewed witnesses in a significant expansion of the criminal probes surrounding #Jan6.
That same day, fed agents conducted a search at the northern Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark,
That same day, fed agents conducted a search at the northern Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark,
“Both Clark & Eastman played crucial roles in Trump’s efforts in late 2020 & early 2021 to convince state legislators in about a half dozen states to replace the electors that Biden had won w/electors for Trump.…”
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#January6thHearings
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“Monday’s court filings also suggest @TheJusticeDept’s inspector general has become an important player in the criminal probes surrounding Jan. 6, because Eastman says his phone was taken by FBI agents acting on behalf of the IG. A spox for the IG declined to comment.
“In court papers…, Eastman argues that bc he was never a DOJ employee he is ‘outside of the OIG’s jurisdiction.’…
“The warrant also suggests that the IG’s office is prepared for a legal fight over the contents of the phone, bc it contains a provision that its contents
“The warrant also suggests that the IG’s office is prepared for a legal fight over the contents of the phone, bc it contains a provision that its contents
“will not be viewed right away by the investigative team.
“In his own filing, Eastman notes that his phone contains ‘emails that have been the subj of an intense, 5-mo privilege dispute between movant’ & the @January6thCmte.
“In his own filing, Eastman notes that his phone contains ‘emails that have been the subj of an intense, 5-mo privilege dispute between movant’ & the @January6thCmte.
“The court filing also notes that a federal judge in California previously ruled that some of Eastman’s emails are ‘protected by the First Amendment’s freedom of association, by attorney-client privilege, and/or by the work product doctrine.’”
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