It was updated Oct 19, 2022,2pm.
The judge ordered a Trump attorney to turn over documents to the January 6 Committee because they were made "in furtherance of a crime."
Donald Trump is going to speak to his supporters in Washington, D.C.
The judge ordered the right-wing attorney and legal scholar to turn over 33 documents to the House committee by October 28 after he claimed they were privileged.
When documents are covered by attorney-client privilege but a client consults an attorney for advice that will serve them, there is a crime-fraud exception.
in the commission of a fraud or crime,” or when the documents themselves are “sufficiently related to” and were made “in furtherance of” the crime.Four emails show that Trump signed a legal document attesting that thousands of votes were fraudulently counted in Fulton County, Georgia, and those numbers were "true and correct" despite the fact that the evidence behind them was incorrect.
Carter ruled that the emails over the fraud allegations are related to and in some way related to a conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Carter ruled that the lawsuits filed by Trump and his attorneys were in furtherance of obstruction of justice because they were not to get legal relief but to disrupt or delay the January 6 congressional proceedings through the courts.
Charles Burnham hasn't responded to a request for comment
Carter ruled that the emails show that President Trump knew the numbers of voter fraud were incorrect but continued to tout them.
The House January 6 Committee is expected to release a final report on its investigation by the end of the year, which is when the committee will be dissolved The lawmakers can refer any evidence of a crime to the Justice Department if they wish, but they can't indict Trump or anyone else.
The judge ruled in April that Trump's attempts to overturn the election were more likely than not obstruction of an official proceeding. He spoke at the January 6 rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol building and was involved in the strategy to try and block Congress from certifying the election result. According to the House January 6 committee, Eastman asked Trump for a presidential pardon after the January 6 attacks. According to the evidence put forth by the House committee during its public hearings, Trump knew that his claims of election fraud were false, but he continued to push them anyways. There is no evidence to support claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 election.
The Trump attorney was ordered to turn over more emails to the committee.
A federal judge says that Trump is likely to have tried to obstruct the election.
John Eastman is a person. The attorney is at the center of the strategy. There is a magazine called "Forbes."
The Trump advisor asked for a pardon after the riot.
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