Eastman clarifies: I wanted Pence to break the law

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10. Eastman shoots self in foot

BY EWAN PALMER ON 8/31/23 AT 6:57 AM EDT

... When asked by Ingraham what his "constitutional" plan was on January 6, 2021, Eastman replied .... "What I recommended, and I've said this repeatedly, is that he accede to requests from more than 100 state legislators in the 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" ....

... Bradley P. Moss, a lawyer who specializes in national security, wrote: "He literally just confessed to the crime."

Democratic strategist Max Burns wrote: "John Eastman, on trial for trying to impede the certification of presidential electors, admits on Fox that he explicitly wanted to impede the certification of presidential electors."

Hugo Lowell, a politics reporter for The Guardian, said: "Fmr Trump lawyer John Eastman says on Fox News that what he wanted on Jan. 6 was for VP Pence to delay certification from happening for a week. Not news but in his own words it sounds like he wanted to impede the certification" ...

https://www.newsweek.com/john-eastman-fox-news-laura-ingraham-election-trump-1823628