Defendant John Eastman, who faces nine counts in the DA’s indictment, said Trump’s surrender to authorities Thursday was “a crossing of the Rubicon in our system of justice.”
Speaking last night outside the California Bar Court where he is fighting disbarment, the former Trump attorney said he will mount a strong defense to the DA’s case.
“We have very viable legal defenses and constitutional defenses,” said Eastman, who was processed and released from Fulton County Jail Wednesday.
Eastman, who is accused of drafting a plan for Trump to cling to power by falsely claiming then-Vice President Mike Pence could reject legitimate electors during the Jan. 6 certification of the vote, has indicated that he will seek to sever his case from the other defendants.
“It’s because we’d like to get out of it sooner,” he told ABC News. “Because we did nothing wrong.”
