Facts First: There are two foundational errors in Eastman's memo. It falsely says there were legitimate 'disputes' about the electors in seven states regarding the 2020 results. And it pretends the VP has the power to declare who is the next President.
Washington The scheme to overturn the 2020 election and have Vice President Mike Pence gavel in Donald Trump as President on January 6 is based on nonsense legal theories and invented scenarios.
John Eastman, a lawyer working for then-President Trump's legal team, wrote a six-point memo on how Pence could dismiss the election results and hand Trump the Presidency, according to Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's new book"Peril." The two-page memo was subsequently obtained by CNN. On Tuesday, Eastman provided CNN with a longer six-page memo laying out numerous other scenarios for Pence to follow on January 6.
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