“The congressional defendants have responded to Dr. Eastman’s claims of attorney client and work product privilege by invoking the crime fraud exception. The defendants have accused Dr. Eastman, former President Donald J. Trump and others of committing serious federal crimes. Effectively, the defendants have unveiled an entire criminal case under the auspices of a filing on an evidentiary privilege issue. These are serious accusations which have already made international headlines.” ”
They require careful consideration by the Court. Were this Court to sustain the defendants’ claims, it may be the first formal finding of Presidential criminality by a federal court in United States history. In responding to these claims, plaintiff is effectively forced into the position of acting as a pseudo-defense attorney for the former President. If the former President had himself been charged with these alleged crimes, it could easily be years before an ultimate decision was reached by a judge or jury. Yet plaintiff is now faced with responding to these claims in time for a decision by this Court on March 8″ writes MAGA lawyer John Eastman in a motion filed Friday, evidently kind of freaking the fuck out that he needs to pretend he was acting as Trump’s lawyer when Trump engaged in a criminal conspiracy against the United States of America.