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Politico reports:
A week before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, attorneys spearheading Donald Trump’s last-ditch bid to remain in power emailed with disparaging jokes about their client. “A shame you are not in DC and could contribute to violation of the emoluments clause,” Trump lawyer Bruce Marks wrote in the Dec. 30 email to attorney Kenneth Chesebro, a reference to allegations that Trump was improperly receiving foreign payments through his D.C.-based hotel.
The exchange was part of a batch of emails that John Eastman had shielded for months from the Jan. 6 select committee, claiming it was covered by attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product privilege. The select committee cited it Monday as evidence that Eastman has been improperly shielding documents from investigators as they attempt to determine the causes of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — and unlock new details of Trump’s bid to remain in power.
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NEW: Eastman shielded emails from the Jan. 6 select committee that show members of Trump’s legal team joking about currying favor with Trump by staying at his DC hotel.
One joked it was about “lining his empty pockets.” https://t.co/dBlVseh9uB
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 4, 2022
There was a reproduction issue with Chesebro’s email to Marks/Eastman. The full text (w/o the errors):
“I’m staying at Trump Int in DC from Jan 3 to at least the 8th. Doing my part to curry favor with the President by lining his (empty) pockets!”https://t.co/dBlVseh9uB pic.twitter.com/ff2O0f1COS
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 4, 2022
House January 6 committee argues Trump election attorney John Eastman has been “consistently unreliable” as he’s tried to protect his emails from investigators https://t.co/L6isg5JGLX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 4, 2022