Attorney John Eastman again on Tuesday lost his bid for Fifth Amendment protection from testifying about memos he authored saying the vice president could reject electoral votes and declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
State Bar Court Judge Yvette D. Roland rejected defense arguments that requiring the conservative lawyer to testify violated his right against self-incrimination. She had previously refused to stay the case based on Eastman’s arguments that requiring him to testify while criminal cases were proceeding would violate his Fifth Amendment right.
Eastman, Trump, and 17 others were indicted Aug. 14 in Georgia on ...
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