U.S. District Judge David O. Carter found that several documents among Trump allies must be made public because they show that the group was involved in “knowingly Georgia Lies About Voter Fraud”.
“The emails show that President Trump knew the exact numbers of voter fraud were wrong, but continued to brag about them in court and in public,” Carter wrote. “The court finds that the emails are sufficiently related to a conspiracy to defraud the United States. , and fueled the conspiracy.”
In March, Carter said it was “very likely” that Trump had committed a federal crime in an attempt to obstruct Congress on Jan. 6. The decision came after dozens of sensitive emails over Eastman’s refusal to turn it over to a House committee E-mail verdict.
Eastman, who wrote key legal memos aimed at denying Democrat Joe Biden a victory, later cited attorney-client privilege as a shield against handing over documents requested by the committee, saying he was representing Trump at the time.
The commission argued in its filing that Eastman’s claim of privilege was invalid because of “crime/fraud immunity.” The immunity means that communications between a lawyer and his client do not have to be kept confidential if the lawyer is found to have helped a client commit a crime. To settle the dispute, the committee asked Judge Carter to review the documents privately to see if he believed Eastman had in fact been assisting Trump in criminal conduct.
In Wednesday’s filing, Carter concluded from the class filing that Trump’s legal team has now “made it clear that certain lawsuits are being brought by President Trump not to obtain legal relief, but to disrupt or delay their passage through the courts. 6 congressional lawsuits.”
Eastman wrote in an email that Trump signed the lawsuit in Georgia on Dec. 18. 1, but “was aware that some of these allegations” were “inaccurate”. Eastman then wrote that asking Trump to sign new documents for the lawsuit “is inaccurate under the circumstances (and incorporated by reference).”
But, Carter wrote, “Trump and his lawyers ended up suing with figures they knew to be inaccurate.” Carter also wrote that Trump signed a legal document under oath certifying to a Georgia court that the numbers were “true and correct” to his knowledge.
Carter has ordered Eastman to disclose more than 30 documents requested by the House committee at 2 p.m. on Oct. 2. 28.