Chapter 5.5 - Aftermath of the Attack (The January 6th Report)
Government Unfiltered
Dan Williams
4.8 • 993 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
After January 6th, John Eastman reached out to Eric Herschmann, a lawyer in the White House Counsel's Office, to talk about litigation in Georgia on behalf of the Trump Campaign. Herschmann used the opportunity to berate Eastman and to recommend that he find a criminal defense lawyer. Eastman later reach out to Rudy Giuliani about being on a list for presidential pardons.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a reading of the December 22nd, 2022 final report from the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United |
| 0:16.2 | States Capitol. |
| 0:18.7 | Chapter 5 A Koo in Search of a legal theory. |
| 0:27.0 | 5.5. Aftermath of the attack. |
| 0:30.0 | Eastman called Hirschman on January 7th to discuss litigation on behalf of the Trump |
| 0:36.0 | campaign in Georgia. This gave Hirschman another opportunity to lay into Eastman. |
| 0:42.4 | Are you out of your opportunity to lay into Eastman. |
| 0:43.0 | Are you out of your effing mind? |
| 0:46.0 | Hirschman asked. |
| 0:47.0 | I only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. |
| 0:52.0 | Orderly transition, Hirschman said. |
| 0:56.0 | After some berating, Eastman repeated after Hirschman, |
| 1:00.0 | orderly transition. |
| 1:03.0 | Now I'm going to give you the best free legal advice you're ever getting in your life, |
| 1:09.0 | Hirschman said. |
| 1:10.0 | Get a great effing criminal defense lawyer. You're going to need it. |
| 1:15.0 | Days afterward, Eastman sent an email to Giuliani, making a request that tacitly acknowledged just how much trouble he was in. |
| 1:25.0 | I've decided that I should be on the pardon list if that is still in the works. |
| 1:31.0 | Vice President Pence and his team never bowed to President Trump's relentless pressure. |
| 1:38.0 | They began January 6, 2021 with a prayer. |
| 1:42.0 | The attack on the U.S. Capitol delayed the with a prayer. |
| 1:42.6 | The attack on the U.S. Capitol delayed the peaceful transfer of power. |
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