John C. Eastman v. Bennie G. Thompson et al

  1. October 19, 2022

    Trump Signed Doc He Knew Had False Voter Data, Judge Says

    A California federal judge ordered former President Donald Trump's attorney John Eastman on Wednesday to provide a final batch of documents to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, finding that some emails indicate Trump touted bogus statistical evidence of election fraud in Georgia that he knew was false.

  2. June 08, 2022

    Eastman Ordered To Turn Over More Emails To Jan. 6 Panel

    A California federal judge has ordered former Trump attorney John Eastman to turn over an additional set of 159 emails to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, finding that some of the records further clarify a plan from him and the former president to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. 

  3. March 28, 2022

    Trump Tried 'Coup In Search Of A Legal Theory,' Judge Says

    A California federal judge said Monday that former President Donald Trump and attorney John Eastman likely conspired to obstruct a congressional session to certify the 2020 election results, in a decision rejecting claims of privilege over emails being sought by a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot.

  4. March 08, 2022

    Jan. 6 Panel Says Eastman Push To Break Law Ends Privilege

    The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol urged a California federal judge during a Tuesday hearing to order subpoenaed emails between attorney John Eastman and former President Donald Trump be turned over, saying attorney-client privilege doesn't cover Eastman's "astonishing" advice that Trump violate election law.

  5. March 08, 2022

    Eastman, Jan. 6 Panel Spar Over 2020 Election Docs Release

    Counsel for attorney John Eastman and for the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol sparred in California federal court on Tuesday over the panel's efforts to retrieve emails that a government lawyer claimed were integral to one of the most important probes ever undertaken by Congress.

  6. March 02, 2022

    Jan. 6 Panel Says Trump May Have Committed Crimes

    There is evidence to suggest that former President Donald Trump and some of his allies may have committed crimes in their effort to overturn the result of the 2020 election, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol told a California federal judge Wednesday.

  7. February 01, 2022

    Jan. 6 Panel Earns Another Win In Push For Eastman Docs

    Responding to claims from a congressional lawyer that he was slow-walking the release of subpoenaed records, a California federal judge ordered former Trump attorney John Eastman late Monday to immediately start turning over emails from the days before and after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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