Trump’s “coup” kingpin rakes in big bucks to stymie Jan. 6 investigators.
on GiveSendGo for his “Legal Defense Fund,” in a crowdfunding drive that paints him as a victim of “hard core leftist activists” and “hyper-partisan” investigators. Yet Eastman has strained the “defense” branding — choosing to spend the cash to sue the Jan. 6. committee, while vowing to “go on offense” against his critics.that he posted the page to meet MAGA market demand. “A lot of people were asking for ways to help. Pretty simple,” he said in an email.
For his role in spreading the Big Lie and attempting to block certification of Joe Biden’s victory, Eastman is not without legal troubles. The Jan. 6 committee tried to compel his testimony last December, but Eastman stiff-armed investigators with a letterhis “right not to be a witness against himself.
That litigation succeeded in keeping a few documents out of the public record, but at the cost of sharpening legal risks for both Eastman and his former client, Trump. Federal District Judge David O. Carter assessed Eastman’s claims of attorney-client privilege against the “crime-fraud exception” that voids legal secrecy when a client has sought a lawyer’s help in “the commission of a fraud or crime.”, Judge Carter found that “Dr.
The language of the legal ruling was stark, but neither Trump nor Eastman currently face charges, which would have to be brought by the Justice Department. Eastman’s attorney released ainsisting that the court “relied on evidence cherry picked by the committee” and was not bound by the standards of criminal proceedings, adding that “Dr. Eastman has an unblemished record as an attorney and respectfully disagrees with the judge’s findings.
Although not previously a household name, Eastman, 62, has a prodigious right-wing pedigree. He clerked for Clarence Thomas, argued cases at the Supreme Court, and made GOP bids for Congress and California attorney general. He’s also served in a leadership role with the Federalist Society and asEastman burst onto the 2020 scene with a
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