Bloomberg News reports:
A conservative lawyer who advised former president Donald Trump on ways to overturn the 2020 election dropped his lawsuit challenging the release of his phone records to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
John Eastman, a former professor at Chapman University School of Law, was seeking a court order prohibiting Verizon Communications Inc. from complying with a congressional subpoena demanding his phone and text data.
Just this week, Eastman filed a lawsuit to force the government to return his mobile phone that he claims was taken by federal agents without justification outside a New Mexico restaurant on June 22.
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Former Trump adviser John Eastman dropped his lawsuit challenging the release of his phone records to the Jan. 6 House committee https://t.co/9MiohD5cF2 via @bpolitics
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