Trump Lawyer Pleaded The Fifth Nearly 150 Times

CNN reports:

A federal judge is forcing a conservative lawyer who had worked for then-President Donald Trump before the January 6 insurrection to respond to a House select committee subpoena of Chapman University for his emails — setting congressional investigators up to receive access to information they’ve wanted for months but had not been able to get.

John Eastman had claimed his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as a response to nearly 150 questions and to his document subpoena, a lawyer for the House said on Monday. The House committee then went to his former employer, Chapman University, to seek his records.

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Full story on a surprisingly productive hearing: John Eastman ordered to respond to Jan 6 committee subpoena for his Chapman U emails. He’ll have to go through his emails for the House. Plus his lawyer confirms that at crucial moments, his client was Trump https://t.co/Kk8oOhBcmL

— Katelyn Polantz (@kpolantz) January 25, 2022

Eastman has also refused to hand over documents requested by investigators, but that may not last much longer https://t.co/QFFF5dffOP

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 25, 2022