Eastman wrote a memo proposing how then-Vice President Mike Pence could challenge President Joe Biden’s victory by rejecting key electoral college votes.
John Eastman, the attorney facing criminal charges for his efforts to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, surrendered at a jail in Atlanta.
Eastman is one of 19 co-defendants, including Trump, facing charges in the Georgia criminal case led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Eastman wrote a memo proposing how then-Vice President Mike Pence could challenge President Joe Biden's victory by rejecting key electoral college votes.Donald TrumpEastman was booked at the Fulton County jail, the website's inmate database shows. As of 10:50 a.m. ET, he had not been released.
Eastman is one of 19 co-defendants, including Trump, facing charges in the Georgia criminal case led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.Eastman penned an infamous memo outlining the dubious legal theory that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to reject key electoral college votes while he presided over a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.
Eastman faces nine counts of crimes including racketeering, conspiracy to commit forgery and filing false documents.
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