Eastman Memos: The Legal Blueprint for Overturning the Election (2021-01-04)
🗳️Elections
🏛️January 6
⚖️Legal
👶Trump
👩⚖️Trump Accountability
🤬Democratic Erosion
💥Political Violence
👔State Governance
January 4, 2021
Trump lawyer John Eastman produces two memos outlining a six-step plan for Vice President Pence to reject or delay certification of the 2020 election results. The memos propose that Pence declare Trump the winner or send the election back to states. Eastman acknowledges the plan would violate the Electoral Count Act. The memos become a central focus of the January 6 committee. Eastman is later indicted in Georgia and faces disbarment proceedings.
Sources (8)
Connected Events (6)
Events connected through shared categories, temporal proximity, and source overlap.
Fake Electors Scheme: Trump Campaign Submits Fake Electoral Certificates (2020-12-14)
Dec 14, 2020
· Elections
· Causes
Trump Pressures Pence to Overturn Election -- 'Do the Right Thing' (2021-01-04 to 2021-01-06)
Jan 4, 2021
· Elections
· Escalates
January 6 Committee Holds Prime-Time Hearings -- Cheney, Thompson Lead Investigation (2022-06-09 to 2022-10-13)
Jun 9, 2022
· January 6
· Informs
Trump Pressures Georgia Secretary of State to "Find" Votes
Jan 2, 2021
· Democrats
· Similar_To
US Capitol Breached -- Insurrection Attempt
Jan 6, 2021
· Elections
· Similar_To
Trump Calls Georgia Secretary of State -- 'I Just Want to Find 11,780 Votes' (2021-01-02)
Jan 2, 2021
· Democrats
· Similar_To