Trying to Prevent Illegal Conduct From Deciding an Election Is Not Endorsing a ‘Coup,' John C. Eastman

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Trying to Prevent Illegal Conduct From Deciding an Election Is Not Endorsing a ‘Coup’
These and the numerous other election irregularities deserved—and still deserve—a full airing if the American people’s faith in our election system is ever to be restored.
By John C. Eastman September 30, 2021

 

The media-generated controversy over the legal memo I wrote in January (a preliminary, incomplete draft of which was recently made public) outlining the possible scenarios for the certification of the electoral vote is another instance of the press whipping up a frenzy around a false narrative and thereby further undermining its own legitimacy. 

 

As the final version of the memo (embedded below) makes clear, the memo’s premise was that state election officials ignored election laws, such as signature verification requirements, prohibitions on ballot harvesting, and allowance of observers during ballot counting. These illegalities, without question, took place. Such election laws, adopted by the state legislatures pursuant to their plenary authority under Article II of the Constitution, were designed to help prevent fraud, and their violation had resulted in illegal certification of Biden electors in states in which it was unclear who had legally and constitutionally received the most votes. Apparently, though, the media hounds accusing me of “undermining democracy” or attempting to “overturn the election” do not care about the enforcement of such laws, which are the basis of our trust in the outcome of elections.

 

It is absurd and dangerous to pretend that anyone was urging the vice president to “overturn the election” or launch a “coup.” The memo outlined ways to ensure election integrity in the face of significant and demonstrable violations of state election law that, as the Pennsylvania legislators noted, yielded “election results [that] should not have been certified by [their] Secretary of State.” If, in fact, the acknowledged illegalities that took place in the several swing states had a sufficient impact to alter the results—and evidence from audits in Arizona and Georgia, among others, points in that direction—then it simply must be acknowledged that the analysis in the memo was designed to prevent an unconstitutional election, not overturn it.

 

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Privileged and Confidential-Jan 3 Memo On Jan 6 Scenario
John Eastman’s final memo to President Trump and Vice President Pence outlining postelection scenarios.