Politico reports:
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by attorney John Eastman — the architect of Donald Trump’s legal strategy to overturn the 2020 election — to slow down the Jan. 6 select committee’s push to obtain documents they say could show the former president criminally conspired with Eastman to subvert the democratic process.
In a late Friday order, Judge David Carter said Eastman’s demand to postpone a March 8 hearing and force the select committee to provide him “exculpatory” evidence was unwarranted and legally misguided. Eastman is fighting a bid by the select committee to access Trump-related emails he claims are protected by attorney-client privilege.
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NEW: Overnight, a federal slapped down Eastman’s effort to slow down the Jan. 6 committee’s quest for his emails.
Eastman said he should be treated like a criminal defendant and get access to reams of ‘exculpatory’ evidence. The judge said he’s wrong. https://t.co/r19ZRT22Im
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