Takeaways from Day 3 of Jan. 6 hearings: Lawyer Eastman told Trump election plot wasn't legal
John Eastman acknowledged the plot to block certification of Joe Biden’s election victory wasn't legal but, ultimately, aggressively pushed it anyway.
John Eastman acknowledged the plot to block certification of Joe Biden’s election victory wasn't legal but, ultimately, aggressively pushed it anyway. Even after the attack on the Capitol, he pushed for then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election.
And Eastman later sought a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump.
That was some of the evidence the Jan. 6 committee laid out Thursday during its third public hearing to build a case that Trump's pressure campaign against Pence was an unconstitutional bid to reverse his defeat, many times turning to Eastman’s own emails and testimony to highlight how he had been the architect of the scheme to keep Trump in power.
The committee hasn't been circumspect about its desire to see the Department of Justice file criminal charges — including targeting Trump — for the events that unfolded around Jan. 6. And the hearing on Thursday appeared to be making the case that Trump — and Eastman — knew what they were doing wasn't legal.
Here are the key takeaways from the third Jan. 6 committee public hearing:
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