Eastman clarifies: I wanted Pence to break the law

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3. Eastman's Fox interview a bad call

Josephine Harvey
Thu, August 31, 2023 at 7:38 AM EDT·4 min read

... Eastman is accused of designing a scheme ... to “either reject electoral votes from certain states or delay the joint session of Congress on January 6” ...

Eastman acknowledged both options violated the law, according to the indictment ...

“What I recommended, and I’ve said this repeatedly, is that he accede to request from more than 100 state legislators in their swing states to give them a week to try and sort out the impact of what everybody acknowledged was illegality in the conduct of the election,” he said ...

... Pence has said Trump and his “crackpot lawyers” asked him to “literally reject votes” ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/just-confessed-law-experts-john-113805608.html