Former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming spoke out online this week to draw attention to evidence that she previously helped gather while still in Congress and helping lead the House committee that investigated the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. That panel’s investigative efforts also covered events leading up to that day and related to it.
“In light of John Eastman’s appearance on 60 Minutes, it’s a good time to remember the facts: Trump had been told repeatedly before 1/6 that his plan to overturn the election was illegal,” Cheney shared, linking in her post on X (formerly Twitter) to a video of prior comments. “He did it anyway. Here is what one of Trump’s own White House lawyers told Eastman on 1/7.”
And in the accompanying clip, White House lawyer Eric Herschmann said that in a conversation with Eastman (a lawyer) the day after the attack on the Capitol the Trump-allied lawyer (meaning Eastman) was still clamoring about purported legal options for Trump’s ploys to stay in power. Herschmann said he advised Eastman he’d face potentially criminal consequences.
The former member of Trump’s White House team was correct. Eastman was criminally charged alongside Trump himself in a case in Georgia that alleges a sweeping conspiracy targeting that state’s presidential election results from 2020. Eastman also faces disciplinary proceedings in California related to his work as a lawyer that could culminate in his disbarment. A presiding judge already made a preliminary ruling against him as presentations continue. Eastman has claimed amid those proceedings that he didn’t directly present to Trump infamous memos of his outlining purported possibilities for then-VP Mike Pence to subvert the Congressional certification of the presidential election results on January 6. Eastman nonetheless still worked closely with Trump.
In Georgia, several of the other charged lawyers in the case struck plea deals. The plea arrangement for one such individual, Jenna Ellis, included a rundown of the falsity of various election claims that circulated from Trump’s circles, including that over 10,000 Georgia ballots had been cast in the names of deceased individuals. That didn’t happen.
In light of John Eastman’s appearance on 60 Minutes, it’s a good time to remember the facts: Trump had been told repeatedly before 1/6 that his plan to overturn the election was illegal. He did it anyway. Here is what one of Trump’s own White House lawyers told Eastman on 1/7: https://t.co/w7CRX5JhO9
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 6, 2023
