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Eastman filing puts Trump’s election plot back on trial
A new court filing in the John Eastman dispute sharpened the picture of how closely Trump was involved in the pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election. The filing said Eastman was discussing handwritten notes from Trump and other materials tied to the attempt to keep the transfer of power from going forward, which only deepened the appearance of a coordinated, document-heavy scheme instead of a casual legal brainstorm. For Trump-world, that is a terrible place to be: every new paper trail makes the old “just asking questions” defense look more and more like a cover story.