Lawyer Who Advised Pence Team Speaks Ahead of His Jan. 6 Committee Appearance - FRONTLINE

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8. I had not seen this "famous" thread before. Thanks and

Here is the story behind it, which is a bit crazy, in case you or others haven't read it.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/18/former-judge-beat-trump-january-6-00010056

During Luttig’s time on the bench, one of his clerks was a young attorney named John Eastman. In recent months, Eastman’s name has become inextricably tied to the legal advice he offered to then-President Donald Trump in December 2020 and January 2021: In a now-infamous legal memo, Eastman argued that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the ability to discard certified electoral votes from contested states — a notion that has been roundly debunked, but which Trump’s closest allies clung to (and which helped to inspire some of his supporters to storm the Capitol in rage).

That story is, by now, well known. But there’s another part of the story — one that hasn’t been told until now.

Edit: I just got to the part in the video where he talks about this, so my post is kinda redundant.

Today, in his first in-depth interview on the topic, Luttig shares the story of those days before the insurrection, when he was unknowingly enlisted to help Pence reject Trump’s efforts on Jan. 6.

He didn't know how to tweet...