| As Pence hid from a marauding mob, John Eastman wrote to the vice president's chief counsel: "The 'siege' is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so that the American people can see for themselves what happened," referring to Trump's claims of voter fraud. The email exchange, in which Pence's counsel, Greg Jacob, blamed the siege on Eastman's "bull----" legal advice, is among a host of new details in a Washington Post examination of Eastman's actions around the events of Jan. 6. |
| | | | News Alert | Oct. 29, 11:12 p.m. EDT | | | | | As Pence hid from a marauding mob, John Eastman wrote to the vice president's chief counsel: "The 'siege' is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so that the American people can see for themselves what happened," referring to Trump's claims of voter fraud. The email exchange, in which Pence's counsel, Greg Jacob, blamed the siege on Eastman's "bull----" legal advice, is among a host of new details in a Washington Post examination of Eastman's actions around the events of Jan. 6. | | | | | |
