An attorney behind former President Donald Trump’s elaborate plan to subvert the results of the 2020 election testified Tuesday in a trial over the eligibility of an Alaska lawmaker to hold public office.
PALMER — testified a day after the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee recommended federal criminal charges against him for obstructing an act of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
John Eastman, a conservative legal scholar who advised Trump after he lost the 2020 election, testified Tuesday that membership in Oath Keepers is protected under First Amendment protections of freedom of association, even if the group called for overthrowing the government. In addition to testifying as a legal expert on David Eastman’s behalf, John Eastman said Tuesday that he had also been retained by David Eastman to work on the case, including drafting legal pleadings.
“It would violate the First Amendment protection for freedom of association to attribute that to other members of the organization who were not participants in that,” said John Eastman.
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