' Crime-fraud exception compels John Eastman to turn over emails for Donald Trump re January 6| The Recorder

Concluding that Donald Trump and his lawyer and former law dean John Eastman “more likely than not” conspired to obstruct Congress. California Federal District Judge David Carter has in Eastman v. Thompson Carter concluded the crime-fraud exception applied to a draft memo for Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani that otherwise would be protected by attorney-client privilege. - GWC

So Dave Carter!' Judge's Home Base Reacts to Jan. 6 Subpoenas Ruling on John Eastman, Donald Trump | The Recorder

Issued on the judge’s 78th birthday, the 44-page ruling is the first time a U.S. judge has considered possible crimes committed by a sitting president. It ensures the Jan. 6 Committee will get 101 of the 111 emails Trump’s lawyer John Eastman sent between Jan. 4-7, 2021, using his Chapman University account. Carter concluded the crime-fraud exception applied to a draft memo for Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani that otherwise would be protected by attorney-client privilege, concluding Trump and Eastman “more likely than not” conspired to obstruct Congress. But it also goes beyond the emails and calls for accountability in the Jan. 6 attacks, with the judge writing: “If the country does not commit to investigating and pursuing accountability for those responsible, the court fears January 6 will repeat itself.”