'We want to frame things so that Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay or other circuit justice opinion.'
Thomas could "end up being the key," Chesebro also said in the newly disclosed emails, which were released by Eastman's attorneys last week to the Jan. 6 committee and obtained byHe added that Thomas would be "our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion by Jan. 6, which might hold up the Georgia count in Congress."Chesebro in another email on Dec. 31 laid out his strategy to disrupt the election certification process.
"[I]f we can just get this case pending before the Supreme Court by Jan. 5, ideally with something positive written by a judge or justice, hopefully Thomas, I think it’s our best shot at holding up the count of a state in Congress,"Eastman, a central figure in Trump's attempts to subvert election results, is the conservative legal scholar, along with Trump, that the vice president could unilaterally reject electors.
The messages were part of eight emails that Eastman sought to shield from the Jan. 6 select committee, but a judge ordered that the emails be released, Politico reports. Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, has also emerged as a central player in the Jan. 6 select committee's investigation, as she was in touch with Trump advisers about schemes to overturn the 2020 election.
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