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Mar. 4, 2022
Eastman’s emails could lead to criminal charges
As part of its Jan. 6 investigation, the U.S. House Select Committee sought communications sent by attorney John Eastman to President Donald Trump, but Eastman has maintained that those communications are protected under attorney/client privilege doctrines.
Prominent Orange County attorney John Eastman's emails involving the 2020 election sent from his Chapman University account could impact not only the State Bar's investigation into his conduct, but lead to criminal charges.
"I think he is obviously in serious jeopardy," said Wylie Aitken, trial lawyer and founding partner of Aitken Aitken Cohn in Santa Ana.
In a defense memorandum filed on Wednesday in the Centr...
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