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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

‘Coup memo’ lawyer appears before Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election interference

Associated Press

An attorney who oversaw efforts by the Trump campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election pled the 5th Amendment when he appeared before a Georgia grand jury investigating potential illegal election interference.

John Eastman was reportedly advised “to assert attorney client privilege and the constitutional right to remain silent where appropriate,” his lawyers Charles Burnham and Harvey Silverglate said in a statement as per the Associated Press.

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