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Samaa Khullar

Eastman trains MAGA in election meddling

John Eastman, the University of Colorado Boulders visiting scholar of conservative thought and policy, speaks about his plans to sue the university at a news conference outside of CU Boulder on Thursday, April 29, 2021. CU relieved Eastman of his public duties after he spoke at President Donald Trump's rally preceding the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Former Trump legal adviser John Eastman encouraged Republican poll workers and allies to file complaints that could be compiled to challenge the upcoming midterm and presidential elections, according to a report from Politico.

"Document what you've seen, raise the challenge. And [note] which of the judges on that election board decline to accept your challenge. Get it all written down," Eastman said in a recording from his speech in New Mexico last week, obtained by Politico. "That then becomes the basis for an affidavit in a court challenge after the fact," he said.

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