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‘When is it enough?’ Experts alarmed after Donald Trump lawyer emails inadvertently leak
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Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers believed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was their best bet to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to newly released emails.
Eight emails obtained by POLITICO revealed correspondence among Trump lawyers discussing legal strategies to convince Republican members of Congress to block the official certification of electoral votes on Jan. 6. The emails, which Trump legal adviser John Eastman tried to shield from Congress, were obtained after Eastman’s lawyers accidentally uploaded the emails to be shared with the House Jan. 6 committee in a public Dropbox link.
In one email from Trump attorney Ken Chesebro to Eastman and others, Chesebro wrote that Thomas would “end up being key” to their plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s win.
“We want to frame things so that Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay or other circuit justice opinion saying Georgia is in legitimate doubt,” Chesebro wrote days before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Supreme Court justices are responsible for handling emergency matters in individual states, and Thomas is the justice assigned to handle emergency matters in Georgia – putting him in position to receive any urgent appeal of Trump’s lawsuit to the Supreme Court.
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