WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday asserted it is “more likely than not” that former President Donald Trump committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election, ruling to order the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge David Carter marked a major legal win for the House panel as it looks to correspondence from Eastman, the lawyer who was consulting with Trump as he attempted to overturn the presidential election.
“Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021,” Carter, who was nominated by former President Bill Clinton, wrote in the ruling submitted in the federal Central District of California.
Eastman was trying to withhold documents from the committee on the basis of an attorney-client privilege claim between him and the former president. The committee responded earlier this month, arguing that there is a legal exception allowing the disclosure of communications regarding ongoing or future crimes.
An attorney representing Eastman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The March 3 filing from the committee was their most formal effort to link the former president to a federal crime. Lawmakers do not have the power to bring criminal charges on their own and can only make a referral to the Justice Department. The department has been investigating last year’s riot, but it has not given any indication that it is considering seeking charges against Trump.
The committee argued in the court documents that Trump and his associates engaged in a “criminal conspiracy” to prevent Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. Trump and those working with him then spread false information about the outcome of the presidential election and pressured state officials to overturn the results, potentially violating multiple federal laws, the panel said.
The trove of documents the nine-member panel has publicly released so far, which include some emails already retrieved from Eastman, offers an early look at some of the panel’s likely conclusions, which are expected to be submitted in the coming months. The committee says it has interviewed more than 650 witnesses as it investigates the violent siege by Trump supporters, the worst attack on the Capitol in more than two centuries.
flocks of feather fly together. the left does this well.
The right are losers by not seeing how the rules of impartiality changes when it’s Clinton vs Trump. The highest standard of proof and intent if the name is Clinton, Comey or Hunter Biden, the lowest when it comes to Trump, he is guilty of everything before he can even prove anything to the contrary.
Trying to be a honest in a dishonest world, means you lose.
A liar and fraud. All Trump & millions of voters wanted was not to certify until questionable tactics were investigated fully. The crimes were committed by the states in question and fake ballots suddenly appearing. The ” judge” should talk about the crimes of DevilRats and their co-thugs for stealing this election. There’s the crime right there.
A known left wing activist judge appointed by Clinton.
Does anyone believe than an attempt to ask a Secretary of State to find ballots or to ask a Vice President to reject valid electoral votes certified by states isn’t a potential crime.
If Trump is innocent he will be found not guilty if he’s charged with a crime.
The dear leader broke laws for our sake. He suffers for our sake. He only wants power for our sake. We must not falter in our beliefs. We must eagerly await the second coming of egotistical and corrupt annointed one.
U.S. District Court Judge David Carter needs to immediately be removed from the bench for having distorted the facts, since it in fact is sleepy joe who stole the elections, which President Donald Trump duly won.
Since when do water pipes burst at 2AM? & then then next morning the tallies have swung from Republican to democrats. Statistically impossible, except that sleepy joe is a burglar who stole the election.
They are in such a panic that Trump may come back that they are acting irrationally
Wonder what this so-called judge has to say on Hunter’s laptop or his &his father “ the old man’s “ dealings with Ukraine or Hillary’s erasing her emails (only of yoga)……and the endless list of leftie crooks
Really ?? He didn’t rule , he opined , this Clinton skunk appointee. Atta boy , deflect from the real crimes of the 2020 election and coup. I
Trump 2024 !!! Everything else is just nonsense !!
> ongoing or future crimes
The last I heard Biden had been sworn into office more than a year ago. Just what “ongoing or future crimes” (related to the election certification) can Trump possibly even try to do?
“He probably committed a crime”. Just shows that anyone can aspire to be anything they want, even a judge, no matter how stupid you are.
Yawn slow news day. They ain’t getting him. Mr vote gopq yingele still thinks so LOL