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Published • Washington, United States • Updated

Eastman Provides Details of Trump’s Direct Role

Summary by Ground News
Right-wing attorney John Eastman revealed in a late-night court filing that he was in touch directly with then-President Donald Trump about plans to overturn the 2020 election. The House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is still seeking documents from Eastman. Two of the documents that are still in dispute are the handwritten notes.

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The Daily BeastThe Daily Beast
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Trump Hand-Wrote Plan to Overturn the Election

John Eastman, the law professor tapped to lead Trump’s effort to keep him in power, has detailed the extensive behind-the-scenes effort to keep Trump in power.

·United States
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NewsweekNewsweek
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Trump drafted two handwritten notes in effort to overturn election results

The notes are among over 100 documents former Trump attorney John Eastman is trying to keep from the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot.

·United States
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OC RegisterOC Register
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John Eastman, ex-Chapman dean who challenged election results, says Trump wrote him handwritten notes

The House Select Committee is still seeking documents from Eastman that he described as “hand-written notes from former President Trump about information that he thought might be useful for the ant…

·Orange County, United States
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The Mercury newsThe Mercury news
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Election challenger John Eastman says Donald Trump handwrote him notes

Eastman also said he was in touch with “six conduits” of Trump about what the former President wanted as the lawyer took part in the effort to plot court cases challenging the election.…

·San Jose, United States
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NBC NewsNBC News
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Trump-allied lawyer tries to shield former president's notes from Jan. 6 committee

John Eastman claims that the two "hand-written notes" from Trump, which contain information he thought would be helpful to election lawsuits, is privileged.

·United States
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The IndependentThe Independent
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John Eastman wants to keep January 6 panel from seeing Trump’s handwritten notes

Two of the documents Mr Eastman wants to shield from the committee include “handwritten notes” in Mr Trump’s own hand

·London, United Kingdom
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Politico broke the news in on Friday, May 20, 2022.
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