Eastman Explains Why He Pressed Pence on Electoral Vote Counting

John Eastman, the Trump lawyer fighting to retain his license to practice law in California, testified Wednesday that he’d not have spent so much time trying to convince Vice President Mike Pence and his chief counsel that the vice president could reject presidential electors or delay the electoral vote counting if he knew Pence had already made up his mind.

Eastman, on the stand for a second straight day in his California State Bar Court trial, detailed discussions and a pair of meetings held in the days before Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, Washington rally immediately prior his followers’ attack ...