Agents seize phone of ex-Trump lawyer who aided effort to overturn election:
John Eastman had put forth the proposal for then vice-president Mike Pence to halt ...
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John Eastman says federal agents seized his phoneThe former Trump adviser challenged what he called an overly broad warrant in federal court in New Mexico.
Key FactsJun 28, 2022 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- According to Eastman, FBI agents took his phone on June 22 as he left a restaurant.
- As part of investigations into a plan, federal agents issued numerous subpoenas concerning fake elector slates for Donald Trump.
- Eastman proposed that Vice-President Mike Pence halt electoral-vote certification; Pence refused and lacked legal authority to do so.
- During committee questioning, Eastman repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
on the pardon list— John Eastman; in an email he sent to Rudy Giuliani, shared by the January 6 committee
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- Eastman was found guilty of making false claims about Vice President Mike Pence’s powers concerning the certification process on January 6, 2021.
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"As counsel for President Trump during a disputed presidential election, Eastman made multiple patently false and misleading statements in court filing, in public remarks heard by countless Americans and to others regarding the conduct of the 2020 presidential election and Vice President Pence's authority to refuse to count or delay counting properly certified slates of electoral votes on January 6, 2021," Roland said in her ruling.— Judge Yvette Roland, California State Bar Court, in her ruling on Eastman's disbarment
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