Former Trump lawyer John Eastman took the stand at his disbarment hearing and disputed claims he said former Vice President Mike Pence could reject slates of electors.
John Eastman, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to the members of the media after leaving the State Bar Court of California in Los Angeles, Aug. 24, 2023.in California on Wednesday, where he disputed two former White House officials' claims that Eastman said former Vice President Mike Pence could reject slates of electors during a meeting with Pence and former President Donald Trump on January 4, 2021.
When asked about one report that stated there was no security breach of voting machines in Antrim County, Michigan, Eastman disputed the study and said "there's no question that votes that were cast for Trump, were reported as cast for Biden." One email prosecutors questioned Eastman about was an email he wrote in October 2020 about whether former Vice President Pence had the authority to reject slates of electoral college electors in which Eastman wrote "I don't agree with this."In one email shown by prosecutors, Eastman wrote "the risk of getting a court ruling that Pence has no authority to reject the Biden-certified ballots very high.
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