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AZLD4Candidate

(5,639 posts)
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:08 PM May 2022

Trump Drafted Two Handwritten Notes in Effort to Overturn Election Results

Source: Newsweek via MSN

New court documents have revealed that former President Donald Trump had a direct role in the legal strategy used by his team in their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

A Thursday brief filed by John Eastman's attorneys in a lawsuit against the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack argued that Eastman—a Trump attorney who implored Vice President Mike Pence to block the congressional certification of states' electoral votes—has attorney-client privilege covering more than 100 documents because he worked on Trump's legal team.

While most of the documents were email communications or digital attachments, "two include hand-written notes from former President Trump about information that he thought might be useful for the anticipated litigation," according to the brief. Eastman said he also spoke with Trump on the phone during the legal challenges.

The late-night court filing is the latest development in Eastman's efforts to block the House panel's access to a trove of communications pertaining to its investigation. The filing comes just weeks after Eastman withdrew privilege claims over a third of the documents amid pressure from U.S. District Court Judge David Carter.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-drafted-two-handwritten-notes-in-effort-to-overturn-election-results/ar-AAXwCI1?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=2fd68ed20a5d47a49f79eb97de60b63d



Were they poorly written with grammar, syntax, and spelling errors to boot?
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Trump Drafted Two Handwritten Notes in Effort to Overturn Election Results (Original Post) AZLD4Candidate May 2022 OP
Oooops! cilla4progress May 2022 #1
He's a real sharpie Blue Owl May 2022 #2
You didn't!!! hamsterjill May 2022 #4
Still waiting to read the draft of the RTumpster's post-coup acceptance speech... ultralite001 May 2022 #3
I have it! nowforever May 2022 #5
More than likely OP they were written in crayon. cstanleytech May 2022 #6
The Rump can actually write? Who knew? NoMoreRepugs May 2022 #7
I was about to post the same thing. Ray Bruns May 2022 #10
And? progressoid May 2022 #8
Pane et circenses maxsolomon May 2022 #12
Notes will appear to be written by someone with a 4th grade education. KS Toronado May 2022 #9
Lemme guess ... did his notes look like this? Novara May 2022 #11
So, were these handwritten notes to challenge the Electoral Vote count on Jan 6, or to Hoyt May 2022 #13
My guess is that its the former. onenote May 2022 #18
The only words I can tell you are bucolic_frolic May 2022 #14
Perfect. Just a perfect reference. Well done. EarnestPutz May 2022 #15
Thank you! lol it's a good fit! /nt bucolic_frolic May 2022 #16
Trump will write a note denying it, written with the same Sharpie in the same handwriting tclambert May 2022 #17

ultralite001

(892 posts)
3. Still waiting to read the draft of the RTumpster's post-coup acceptance speech...
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:30 PM
May 2022

It's out there... somewhere...

That is all...

nowforever

(301 posts)
5. I have it!
Fri May 20, 2022, 02:46 PM
May 2022

"Well we did it. After all the corruption and just crazy stuff..we are here. I am your President and those miserable rotten people that tried to stop us are in jail. Everyone of those dirty liars. All I can say is we are back and I promise to be even a greater President this time."..... "Excuse me Mr. President it's time for your bath and then the doctor needs to see you. Then we can get that tight jacket off of you".

progressoid

(49,951 posts)
8. And?
Fri May 20, 2022, 03:58 PM
May 2022

People don't care. Gas and food prices. That's what people care about now. A couple of notes scribbled by the former guy don't mean s*** to most people.

maxsolomon

(33,251 posts)
12. Pane et circenses
Fri May 20, 2022, 05:08 PM
May 2022

It's not going to move the needle much, but history should show it wasn't just his courtiers that came up with the schemes.

KS Toronado

(17,155 posts)
9. Notes will appear to be written by someone with a 4th grade education.
Fri May 20, 2022, 04:12 PM
May 2022

Wonder who that could be? Agolf Twitler finished top of his class at Wharton, so it couldn't be him could it?

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
13. So, were these handwritten notes to challenge the Electoral Vote count on Jan 6, or to
Fri May 20, 2022, 06:40 PM
May 2022

storm the Capitol?

If it's the latter, trump's in serious trouble.

If it's the former, it's sounds quite similar to the 7 Democratic Representatives who challenged the Electoral Vote for trump on Jan 6, 2017, forcing then VP Biden to shut them down? Don't think we will get very far if that is the case.

bucolic_frolic

(43,058 posts)
14. The only words I can tell you are
Fri May 20, 2022, 07:50 PM
May 2022

"Kind Hearts and Coronets"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind_Hearts_and_Coronets

"... Louis suddenly remembers that he has left the incriminating document behind in his cell."

tclambert

(11,084 posts)
17. Trump will write a note denying it, written with the same Sharpie in the same handwriting
Sat May 21, 2022, 09:33 PM
May 2022

and with the same spelling errors.

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