NYT: Eastman Sought To Overturn GA Senate Results

The New York Times reports:

John Eastman, the conservative lawyer whose plan to block congressional certification of the 2020 election failed in spectacular fashion on Jan. 6, 2021, sent an email two weeks later arguing that pro-Trump forces should sue to keep searching for the supposed election fraud he acknowledged they had failed to find.

On Jan. 20, 2021, hours after President Biden’s inauguration, Mr. Eastman emailed Rudolph W. Giuliani, former President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, proposing that they challenge the outcome of the runoff elections in Georgia for two Senate seats that had been won on Jan. 5 by Democrats.

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Of course https://t.co/41HkuxQju8 pic.twitter.com/GbqgNeagMW

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 4, 2022

SCOOP: John Eastman sent an email to Giuliani two weeks after Jan. 6 arguing they should sue in Georgia to keep searching for the fraud his email acknowledged they had failed to find – and also sought $270k in payments @lukebroadwater https://t.co/z88H3qqUef

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 4, 2022