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Eastman’s phone seizure shows the Jan. 6 probe closing in
Federal investigators’ seizure of John Eastman’s phone put one of Trump’s most important post-election lawyers squarely inside the crosshairs of the Jan. 6 inquiry. Eastman had already become a central figure in the push to pressure the Justice Department and state officials to help overturn the 2020 election, and the seizure underscored that investigators were no longer just collecting political theater. They were collecting devices, messages, and evidence.