The US judiciary accuses Trump and one of his allies of carrying out a coup on January 6
A US federal judge said former President Donald Trump and his ally, attorney John Eastman, staged a coup on January 6 and searched for legal theory to overturn the results of a Democratic election.
Judge David Carter ordered Eastman to hand over a set of documents to a House select committee investigating the storming of the Capitol, saying that Eastman and Trump "launched a campaign to overturn the results of a democratic election, an unprecedented measure in American history."
Eastman, who during the final weeks of his presidency helped Trump develop a strategy to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to nullify the 2020 election results, declined to turn over the documents to the Jan. 6 House committee, claiming the documents enjoyed an "lawyer-client privilege."
"Based on the evidence, the court has found that it is likely that Trump has corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021," Carter said, to certify the election results won by Democrat Joe Biden.
He added, "The Trump and Eastman plan has sparked violent attacks on our nation's seat of government, killed many law enforcement officers, and heightened public mistrust in our political process. More than a year after the Capitol attack, the public is still searching for accountability." ".
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