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Eastman’s decision is an extraordinary claim by someone who has worked closely with Trump to try to overturn the 2020 election results. He met with Trump and urged state legislatures to reject Biden’s victory in a handful of swing states and nominate alternative voters to the electoral college, effectively denying Biden’s victory.

The former Chapman University law professor also put pressure on Pence, who is constitutionally required to preside over the certification of the electoral college on Jan. 6, to silently refuse to count some of Biden’s voters and vote to vote on the whole Send home – or delay long enough to allow states to recruit new voters.

Eastman also spoke with Rudy Giuliani at Trump’s January 6 rally.

Most of Burnham’s letters raise procedural objections to the structure of the January 6th Committee …

… Eastman, who is also a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, would be the second known witness on the January 6th committee pleading on the Fifth not to incriminate himself. The other, former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, notified the panel of his decision on Jan. 6, the same day Burnham sent his letter. Following Clark’s last minute decision, the committee was planning a testimony on Saturday to allow him to formally exercise his rights under the Fifth Amendment and to discuss whether they would accept this as a legitimate appeal.

Eastman could face similar questions.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/dec/03/us-government-shutdown-funding-coronavirus-omicron-joe-biden-us-politics-latest