“John Eastman claims attorney-client privilege over thousands of pages sought by Jan. 6 investigators”

Politico:

Attorney John Eastman, a close ally of Donald Trump amid his effort to subvert the 2020 election, has attempted to shield more than 10,000 pages of emails and counting from congressional investigators, citing attorney client or attorney work-product privileges.

The staggering total comes amid a court-ordered review by Eastman of more than 94,000 pages of emails the Jan. 6 select committee has subpoenaed from Eastman’s former employer, Chapman University. Eastman sued to block the subpoena but a federal judge last month denied that effort and ordered him to begin reviewing the emails and itemizing his privilege claims.

In a court filing early Monday, Eastman said he has reviewed about 46,000 pages — nearly half the total — and provided about 8,000 to the committee. About 27,000 were automatically withheld because they were considered boilerplate mass emails, like campaign solicitations or newsletters. Eastman has attempted to shield the remaining 11,000 from the select committee by citing one of the attorney related privileges. With half of the review remaining, it’s likely that total will climb.

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