Trump Lawyer Loses Round In Bid To Hide Documents

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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