Trump Knew Election Fraud Claims Were False: Judge
Four emails suggest Trump and his attorneys knowingly made false claims about voter fraud in lawsuits.
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U.S. District Judge David Carter in California said former President Donald Trump knowingly made false claims of election fraud in court, requiring former Trump attorney John Eastman to turn over certain communications to the House January 6 committee, reports James Fanelli for the Wall Street Journal. Eastman filed a lawsuit last year seeking to stop Chapman University from complying with a subpoena to hand over months of his emails and records to the Jan. 6 committee, saying they were protected under attorney-client-privilege.
Carter said that eight of the more than 500 communications and records he reviewed weren’t protected, because they appeared to be in furtherance of a crime. Four emails showed Trump and his attorneys took legal action to delay or disrupt Vice President Mike Pence overseeing the counting of electoral votes on Jan. 6, and another four showed Trump and his attorneys knowingly made false claims about voter fraud in lawsuits.
