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CNN’s Victor Blackwell interviewed John Eastman’s defense lawyer, confronting him over his defenses from the charges Eastman faces in connection with Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Attorney Charles Burnham joined Blackwell on CNN This Morning a day after Eastman presented himself for booking at the Fulton County Jail. Blackwell began by pressing Burnham on the email exchange where Greg Jacob, a top lawyer for then-Vice President Mike Pence, emphatically rejected Eastman’s schemes for Trump to remain in power after losing the election.
From there, Blackwell brought up emails uncovered by the January 6th Committee which show that “Eastman knew the allegations, some of them, were false relating to the election in Georgia.” This prompted Blackwell to ask Burnham how that coincides with his defense argument that Eastman was passionately acting on Trump’s behalf at the time despite knowing it was a lie.
“How do you then reconcile that with ethical bounds?” He asked. “If he knew the underlying evidence was false and phony, how is that ethical in this zealous defense?”
Burnham answered by referring to “clerical errors” that necessitated reviews of litigation filed in connection with the Georgia results.
“Are you saying these are just ‘clerical errors?'” Blackwell asked. “Not just false claims about underaged voters, people who were dead voting, these were just a couple of missed commas and words...
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