ATLANTA — A lawyer who helped design the plan to appoint a slate of “alternate” Republican presidential electors in Georgia and other swing states won by Joe Biden in 2020 cited attorney-client privilege and pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his testimony Wednesday before a Fulton County special grand jury.
Attorneys for John Eastman said they advised their client to cite those protections, including the right to remain silent, “where appropriate,” as he answered questions from Fulton prosecutors and the 23-person grand jury Wednesday morning.
“Out of respect for grand jury secrecy we will not disclose the substance of the questions or testimony,” attorneys Charles Burnham and Harvey Silverglate wrote in a joint statement.
