Key takeaways:
- The Supreme Court rejected a request by John Eastman to throw out court rulings that identified him as a key figure in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
- U.S. District Judge David Carter found that Eastman lied to a federal court in Georgia, and that he was a key figure in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
- The Supreme Court’s decision to reject Eastman’s request means that the lower court rulings will remain in place, and the Jan. 6 committee will have access to the emails as part of their investigation.
The Supreme Court has rejected a request by indicted right-wing attorney John Eastman to throw out court rulings that identified him as a key figure in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
U.S. District Judge David Carter for the Central District of California had previously ruled that Eastman was committing a crime in messages sought by the Jan. 6 committee, calling his actions “a coup in search of a legal theory.”
The court’s ruling on Monday affirms lower court decisions that resulted in Capitol riot investigators getting access to Eastman’s emails as part of their probe into the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
Among other things, Carter found that Eastman lied to a federal court in Georgia, and that he was a key figure in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The emails sought by the Jan. 6 committee were seen as key evidence in the investigation.
The Supreme Court’s decision to reject Eastman’s request means that the lower court rulings will remain in place, and the Jan. 6 committee will have access to the emails as part of their investigation. It is unclear what the implications of this ruling will be for Eastman, but it is likely that the investigation into the events of Jan. 6 will continue.
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