A federal judge said Donald Trump likely broke the law by “corruptly” attempting to obstruct the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.
Ex-President Donald Trump likely broke the law by"corruptly" attempting to obstruct the confirmation of Joe Biden's Electoral College win by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, a judge said.
Eastman wrote a memo detailing how Vice President Mike Pence could reject the certification of Biden's White House win by a joint session of Congress. The judge rejected Eastman's bid to withhold documents from a select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.likely broke the law by"corruptly" attempting to obstruct the confirmation of President's Electoral College win by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal judge said in a civil court ruling Monday.that Trump with his ally, the lawyer John Eastman,"launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history.
"Their campaign was not confined to the ivory tower — it was a coup in search of a legal theory," Carter wrote in the ruling in U.S. District Court for the Central District in California, which rejected most of Eastman's bid to withhold documents subpoenaed by a select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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