House committee tells John Eastman to prioritize terms linked with possible conspiracy in complying with documents subpoena
The select committee’s addition of “[email protected]” – a sometime email address used by Meadows, who was a House Republican representing North Carolina before he became Trump’s final chief of staff – indicates it also wants messages not in official email records.
The list of terms is speculative insofar as it amounts only to what the select committee hopes are among Eastman’s most sensitive records and messages. But the keywords are there because the panel has reason to believe such communications exist, the source said. A spokesperson for the panel declined to comment. Eastman did not respond to a request for comment ahead of a hearing next week where he willdocuments he believes are protected by executive and attorney-client privilege.
The panel is cognizant of how its investigators have managed to upend Washington with aggressive subpoena tactics more commonly seen in criminal prosecutions than congressional inquiries.
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