Will the Jan. 6 Committee Set Its Sights on the Supreme Court?

Lawyer John Eastman, who played a central role in Donald Trump’s prolonged effort to stay in office after losing reelection, claimed to have inside knowledge that Supreme Court justices were debating whether to intervene in a 2020 election case, according to emails reported by the New York Times Wednesday. “So the odds are not based on the legal merits but an assessment of the justices’ spines, and I understand that there is a heated fight underway,” Eastman said in a reported email exchange with Kenneth Chesebro, a pro-Trump lawyer, and Trump campaign officials, weeks after the election. At one point… Read Full Article