Investigators from the DOJ reviewed numerous email exchanges between Rep. Scott Perry, Trump lawyer John Eastman and two DOJ officials who were pushing the then-president's plan to overturn the 2020 election results, newly unsealed court filings show.
The unsealing of the documents by Chief Judge Beryl Howell was first reported byThe Justice Department had asked Howell to unseal a pair of decisions from June and September, but some parts are still redacted. The June ruling dealt with the Perry email exchanges, while the September decision involved a book outline investigators found on one of Clark's devices recounting his efforts to combat the 2020 election results.
The emails with Klukowski included a Nov. 11, 2020, message where he sent Perry a document titled"Electors Clause/The Legislature option" that argued"in support of the proposition that 'The Constitution makes state legislatures the final authority on presidential elections.'" The author of the document was not identified, Howell noted.
Six of the chapters"outline his perspective on the 2020 presidential election results and role in the election's aftermath, including his description of the ultimately never-sent 'letter to Georgia legislature' regarding potential election fraud and Trump's reaction to it ." Howell also disagreed with Clark's argument that he'd prepared the outline as part of a litigation strategy.
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