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November 3, 2022

Trump's Lawyers Saw Clarence Thomas as Key to Overturning 2020 Election
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New emails shared with the House committee investigating the
insurrection reveal Trump's legal team saw Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas as their "only chance" to help overturn Trump's 2020
election loss. The former president's lawyers wanted to orchestrate
events so Thomas would be in a position to cast doubt on Georgia's vote
count before Congress proceeded to record electoral votes on Jan. 6. The
plan had the support of Trump lawyer John Eastman, who also warned Trump
against lying about having evidence of voter fraud in Georgia "I have no
doubt that an aggressive DA or US Atty someplace will go after both the
President and his lawyers once all the dust settles on this," Eastman
wrote. 


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