The former Trump lawyer who wrote a memo instructing Pence to stop the 2020 election certification says he will plead the Fifth Amendment
Eastman also took issue with “the lack of a ranking minority member” on the committee, with his lawyer writing that “House Rules and longstanding precedent require bipartisanship in the appointment of committees, both standing and select.”
There are only two Republicans — Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger — Jan. 6 committee, as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy back in Julyafter House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his recommendations, Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Jim Banks — probably because each had voted to overturn the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
Eastman also decried the committee taking testimony in “secret proceedings,” which are really just standard closed-door depositions that occur on Capitol Hill regularly. Eastman’s complaints thus ring hollow, especially in light of the disgraceful — and unprecedented — acts he planned out for Jan. 6. If his memos were adhered to, then Pence would have unilaterally tossed out “invalid” electoral votes from seven states, and recognized alternate, pro-Trump electors, in effect re-electing the president.
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