A federal judge has ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
A timeline of what transpired during the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6.A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the House committee investigating the, asserting it is "more likely than not" that former President Donald Trump committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge David Carter marked a major legal win for the panel as it looks to correspondence from Eastman, the lawyer who was consulting with Trump as he attempted to overturn the presidential election. "Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021," Carter wrote in the ruling submitted in the federal Central District of California.
Eastman was trying to withhold documents from the committee on the basis of an attorney-client privilege claim between him and the former president. The committee responded earlier this month, arguing that there is a legal exception allowing the disclosure of communications regarding ongoing or future crimes.
FILE - Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at The Rosen Shingle Creek on Feb. 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida.FILE - John Eastman, the University of Colorado Boulders visiting scholar of conservative thought and policy, speaks about his plans to sue the university at a news conference outside of CU Boulder on Thursday, April 29, 2021.
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