The Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is now shifting its focus to computer servers, and over 19,000 emails, at Southern California's Chapman University.
The committee says former Chapman Law School dean John Eastman used his Chapman University email account while helping, then President Donald Trump, try to overturn the 2020 election.Eastman was one of the speakers at the Jan. 6,"Stop the Steal" rally that immediately preceded the attack on the Capitol.
It was later revealed that Eastman drafted a memo outlining how, then Vice President Mike Pence, could toss out electors from Several states. It was advice that Pence rejected as unconstitutional. A number of legal experts have since cited the Eastman memo as evidence of a coup plot to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory.
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