Thursday 4 August 2022 03:49 PM Trump lawyer John Eastman 'pitched plan' on Biden's to sue over Georgia Senate ... trends now
Trump lawyer John Eastman pitched a plan on the day of Joe Biden's inauguration (which President Donald Trump skipped) to try to sue to overturn two runoff elections in Georgia that flipped control of the U.S. Senate.
Eastman, who has emerged as a key architect of what the House Jan. 6 committee calls the fake electors scheme to try to overturn Biden's win, proposed the course in an email to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani – while also maneuvering to try to collect hefty legal fees for his efforts.
'A lot of us have now staked our reputations on the claims of election fraud, and this would be a way to gather proof,' Eastman wrote Giuliani, according an an email obtained by the New York Times. 'If we get proof of fraud on Jan. 5, it will likely also demonstrate the fraud on Nov. 3, thereby vindicating President Trump's claims and serving as a strong bulwark against Senate impeachment trial.'
Eastman also sought assistance from Giuliani in getting paid for his efforts.
Trump lawyer John Eastman, who helped shape the former president's election overturn effort, also proposed suing over the Georgia election results that flipped control of the Senate, according to a newly unearthed email
He had billed the Trump campaign $10,000 for legal services, in an email he had written the day before the transfer of presidential power.
That included his legal advice in a critical White House Oval Office meeting on Jan. 4th, when Eastman clashed with White House lawyers and argued that then Vice President Mike Pence could either refuse to count electoral votes certified by states or send them back, which would have delayed the congressional count.
Eastman wanted Giuliani's help in collecting on a $270,000 invoice he had submitted, according to the Times, which reported that it appears not to have
