1/6 committee gets key evidence when John Eastman was caught on tape and admitted that his memo was a coup

John Eastman tried to reject his 1/6 memo in public, but he was caught on tape calling it legally solid and criticizing Mike Pence for not going along with it.

John Eastman stands by his memo and admits that it was the card for the coup

Video:

EXCLUSIVE: Author of January 6 coup d’etat memo John Eastman told us Mike Pence did not take his good legal advice and overthrow the election because Pence is “an establishment guy”

(He previously told @NO the memo was not “viable” and would have been “crazy” to strive for.)

Stay tuned for Part 2. pic.twitter.com/RQeUceH1bn

– Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) 26 October 2021

Eastman’s admission did not go unnoticed by the 1/6 committee

1/6 Committee Member Rep. Adam Kinzinger responded to this video with two words:

Coup attempt https://t.co/oPi6wNC5k5

– Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) 27 October 2021

John Eastman calls the memo legally solid and criticizes Pence for blocking the coup

Eastman called the memo he publicly rejected “legally solid” and said Mike Pence was an established Republican who bought into a far-sighted view. Eastman also claimed that there was an uprising in the interior and that Trump was out to destroy the DC Republican Party.

According to Eastman, the only thing that prevented the 1/6 coup was successful was that Mike Pence did not go along with the plot.

Sidney Powell claimed it that the plan was for Pence to refuse to certify the election, Kevin McCarthy to file an appeal to the Supreme Court where Judge Alito would block certification of the election, which would send it back to the state congressional delegations, which Republicans have a majority and Trump can stay in power.

The 1/6 committee has already sued John Eastman, and now they have an acknowledgment on tape that his memo was a coup d’état. The fact that the coup makers apparently can not remain silent helps the 1/6 committee get powerful evidence of Trump’s coup.

Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, specializing in social reform movements.

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Member of the Association of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association