WASHINGTON — Conservative lawyer John Eastman must give 159 more emails to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including one a judge says is evidence of a likely crime related to the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who is based in Santa Ana, California, ordered Eastman late Tuesday to provide the emails to the committee, which begins a series of hearings Thursday laying out the results of its more than 10-month investigation. Carter modified his order Wednesday to require Eastman to finish releasing the documents by June 13.
Included is a Dec. 22, 2020, email that pertains to a potential crime and must be disclosed, Carter wrote in his order Tuesday. The committee has argued in court that attorney-client privilege between Eastman and Trump would not apply to evidence demonstrating crime or fraud.
