House To Subpoena Author Of Infamous “Coup Memo”

The Washington Post reports:

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to subpoena John Eastman, the pro-Trump legal scholar who outlined scenarios for denying Joe Biden the presidency, according to the panel’s chairman.

“It will happen,” Chair Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said in an interview Tuesday of a subpoena for Eastman, who played a key role in the legal operation that was run out of a “command center” at the Willard Hotel in Washington in the days and hours leading up to Jan. 6. Thompson did not provide a timeline for when the subpoena will be issued.

The committee has requested documents and communications related to Eastman’s legal advice and analysis on how President Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results and remain in office.

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News: the select committee investigating 1/6 is expected to subpoena conservative scholar John Eastman — a key part of the legal operation being run out of the ‘command center’ at the Willard Hotel, per Chairman Bennie Thompson. https://t.co/E5DVxQ8sTq

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) October 27, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Author of Jan 6 coup memo John Eastman told us Mike Pence didn’t take his solid legal advice & overturn the election bc Pence is “an establishment guy”

(He previously told @NRO the memo was not “viable” and would have been “crazy” to pursue.)

Stay tuned for Part 2. pic.twitter.com/RQeUceH1bn

— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) October 26, 2021