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Nevilledog

(50,659 posts)
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 11:50 PM Jun 2022

Trump Lawyer Cited 'Heated Fight' Among Justices Over Election Suits





https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/us/trump-emails-eastman-chesebro-jan-6.html

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The Wisconsin lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro, replied that the “odds of action before Jan. 6 will become more favorable if the justices start to fear that there will be ‘wild’ chaos on Jan. 6 unless they rule by then, either way.”

Their exchange took place five days after Mr. Trump issued a call for his supporters to attend a “protest” at the Ellipse near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, the day Congress would certify the electoral vote count confirming Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory. “Be there. Will be wild!” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter.

The previously unreported exchange is part of a group of emails obtained by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters.

Mr. Chesebro’s comment about the justices being more open to hearing a case if they fear chaos was striking for its link to the potential for the kind of mob scene that materialized at the Capitol weeks later.

And Mr. Eastman’s email, if taken at face value, raised the question of how he would have known about internal tension among the justices about dealing with election cases. Mr. Eastman had been a clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas.

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Scott Stedman
@ScottMStedman
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Jun 15, 2022
This is a full blown constitutional crisis now. Trump’s counsel had inside knowledge of SCOTUS debates and Ginni Thomas appears to be the leaker.

Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
SCOOP: Eastman relayed in previously undisclosed email that he had awareness of a debate among SCOTUS judges about whether to listen to an election case @lukebroadwater and me https://nytimes.com/2022/06/15/us/trump-emails-eastman-chesebro-jan-6.html

Scott Stedman
@ScottMStedman
A Trump lawyer plotting to strike “fear” of “chaos” into the SCOTUS…
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8:51 PM · Jun 15, 2022
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Trump Lawyer Cited 'Heated Fight' Among Justices Over Election Suits (Original Post) Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP
That lawyer is from Wisconsin and his name is Chesebro? Frasier Balzov Jun 2022 #1
Probably originally Cheesebro Nevilledog Jun 2022 #2
From the lawfirm of Chesebro, Packer and Brewer, no doubt. dem4decades Jun 2022 #3
Chesebro & Ritz. Frasier Balzov Jun 2022 #4
Nice, lol dem4decades Jun 2022 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #10
This has Ginni Thomas's paw prints all over it... agingdem Jun 2022 #6
I wouldn't be surprised if he consulted with her on many, many cases. tanyev Jun 2022 #8
Ginni Thomas corresponded with John Eastman, sources in Jan. 6 House investigation say LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #7
Eastman clerked for Clarence Thomas, and was in touch with him in early Janoary 2021 DFW Jun 2022 #9
+1, uponit7771 Jun 2022 #12
So we have some injust justices (or justice's wife) SouthernDem4ever Jun 2022 #11
They're both up in it to their necks Novara Jun 2022 #13

Response to Frasier Balzov (Reply #4)

agingdem

(7,754 posts)
6. This has Ginni Thomas's paw prints all over it...
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 12:48 AM
Jun 2022

she's the conduit between Eastman and Justice Thomas...I was married to a lawyer for almost 50 years...as the wife of a lawyer I was privy to information I really had no business knowing...he never spoke about his cases but I overheard phone conversations at home and conversations between lawyers at business dinners..the only time I came in contact with any client was at a company open house..and because of the nature of his business and who my husband was I intuitively knew to keep my mouth shut...I'm betting Clarence confided in his wife about the Court dynamics, personality clashes, and most sensitive cases and then Ginni took that information and spread it like it was manure...

tanyev

(42,354 posts)
8. I wouldn't be surprised if he consulted with her on many, many cases.
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 08:27 AM
Jun 2022

Her activism in conservative circles positioned her to be a two way conduit between Clarence and GOP power brokers.

LetMyPeopleVote

(143,998 posts)
7. Ginni Thomas corresponded with John Eastman, sources in Jan. 6 House investigation say
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:58 AM
Jun 2022

The source of Eastman's comments seem clear to me



https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/15/ginni-thomas-john-eastman-emails/

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has obtained email correspondence between Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and lawyer John Eastman, who played a key role in efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, according to three people involved in the committee’s investigation.

The emails show that Thomas’s efforts to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known, two of the people said. The three declined to provide details and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

The committee’s members and staffers are now discussing whether to spend time during their public hearings exploring Ginni Thomas’s role in the attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, the three people said. The Washington Post previously reported that the committee had not sought an interview with Thomas and was leaning against pursuing her cooperation with its investigation.

The two people said the emails were among documents obtained by the committee and reviewed recently. Last week, a federal judge ordered Eastman to turn more than 100 documents over to the committee. Eastman had tried to block the release of those and other documents by arguing that they were privileged communications and therefore should be protected.

DFW

(54,047 posts)
9. Eastman clerked for Clarence Thomas, and was in touch with him in early Janoary 2021
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 05:08 PM
Jun 2022

Pure coincidence, of course..............

Novara

(5,752 posts)
13. They're both up in it to their necks
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 08:27 AM
Jun 2022

Thomas needs to be removed. He is clearly compromised.

Wouldn't it be fucking awesome if he were removed and Biden names his successor?

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