Former Chapman University Law School dean John Eastman was named Monday in a grand jury indictment handed down in Fulton County, Georgia, accusing former President Donald Trump and others of racketeering in an alleged scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Former Chapman University Law School dean John Eastman was named Monday in a grand jury indictment handed down in Fulton County, Georgia,
The indictment further alleges Eastman urged for a meeting of the electors loyal to Trump by Dec. 14 and that they sign six sets of certificates of vote and get them over to the president of the state Senate. The indictment also alleges Eastman on Dec. 23 , 2020, sent an email to Chesebro and another unindicted person with a draft memo about Jan. 6 when Congress was due to certify the electoral college results.
"Earlier on the same day, sent an email to attorneys associated with the Trump campaign admitting his knowledge that at least some of the allegations in the verified complaint were not accurate," the indictment alleges as an act of racketeering.and blamed it on a clerical error from an expert hired for the lawsuit.
The indictment also refers to Eastman's Jan. 5, 2020, meeting with Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, and Greg Jacob, counsel for the former vice president, again asking Pence to reject the slates of presidential electors from Georgia.
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