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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Keyword list for Trump lawyer hints at focus of US Capitol attack investigation

John Eastman, flanked by Rudy Giuliani, speaks at Donald Trump’s Save America rally at the Ellipse in Washington on 6 January 2021.
John Eastman, flanked by Rudy Giuliani, speaks at Donald Trump’s Save America rally at the Ellipse in Washington on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is asking the former Trump lawyer John Eastman to prioritize turning over records with certain keywords as he complies with his subpoena – a list of terms that reveal the panel’s focus as it investigates a potential conspiracy.

The keywords include a Gmail address used by Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows and the names of various individuals involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election, from top Trump aides to Republican members of Congress to the former justice department official Jeffrey Clark.

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