'Eastman may have commited a crime'? [View all]
' . . . The filing came in response to Eastman’s lawsuit seeking to block the committee’s subpoena for his private communications, which he has argued are privileged, in part because of his legal work on behalf of the former president.
But the committee argues that Eastman, an attorney for the Trump campaign, may not claim his conversations with the former president are covered by attorney-client privilege, partly because legal advice rendered with the intention of committing a crime is not protected.
Their filing on Wednesday asked the judge to review requested records personally in order to determine whether they fall under the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege. . . . '
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/596657-jan-6-panel-claims-trump-engaged-in-corrupt-scheme-on-2020-ele
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