John Eastman, a controversial right-wing lawyer who is Donald Trump's ally, admitted that he was a progressive activist pretending to be a fan and that he was using former Vice President Mike Pence as an accomplice to stop American voters from voting and determine the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Eastman, however, complained that Pence was too establishment-minded at the end.
Lauren Windsor, a host of The Undercurrent's grassroots web-TV show, made the shocking confession to Eastman Saturday. She pretended to be a big Trump supporter and a great admirer of Eastman when she spoke with him at the annual gala held by the right-wing Claremont Institute. Eastman is a senior fellow at the institute. (Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was recognized at the Huntington Beach event in California.
EXCLUSIVE - John Eastman, author of Jan 6 coup memo, told us that Mike Pence did not follow his solid legal advice and overturn the election because he is "an establishment guy".
(He had previously said to @NRO that the memo was inoperable and would have been insane to continue.
Stay tuned for Part 2. pic.twitter.com/RQeUceH1bn Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) October 26, 2021
Two coup memos he wrote that exposed several ways that Pence, without any evidence of fraud, could challenge and manipulate the electoral votes in order to shrink Joe Bidens' count in the presidential elections just enough to overturn voters choice and send the decision to the U.S. House have been criticized by Eastman.
Eastman is scheduled to appear before the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. He has since tried to distance himself form his memos. In an interview with The National Review earlier this month, he said that it was impossible for Pence to reject electoral votes and that such a strategy would be insane.
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In fact, he described himself as a white knight hero and talked Donald Trump back from the edge of radical action. He didn't elaborate on this.
He spoke with Windsor the day after the National Review interview was published. He boasted about his legal acumen, and blamed Pence's inability to unilaterally take the power to choose a president from the voters. Windsor described it as a complete proof of his legal reasoning.
Eastman was said to have been part of a Trump war room that also included Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former personal lawyer, and Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist who plotted at Washingtons Willard Hotel in order to reverse Bidens victory.
The Washington Post reported that Eastman presented scenarios to deny Biden the presidency, and subvert[ing]] the will of voters at a Jan. 4, White House meeting with Trump.
The plots behind Trump's election loss to the White House are still being revealed. This information is helping to paint a clearer picture of the Jan. 6, insurrection as part of a premeditated plan and not a spontaneous riot by Trump supporters.
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