January 6 Panel Seeks Criminal Charges Against Homophobe John Eastman
Those who may soon be facing criminal charges for their roles in the U.S. Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021, include John Eastman, a legal adviser to Donald Trump and longtime anti-LGBTQ+ activist.The U.S.
House committee investigating the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, which spurred a riot at the Capitol, decided Monday to make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice, recommending that Eastman be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
It’s now up to the DOJ to decide whether to act on the referral.Eastman made what U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar, a member of the committee, called a “meritless proposal” consisting of “a combination of bogus election fraud claims and ...
fake electoral ballots” to allow Vice President Mike Pence to “reject legitimate electoral votes for President-elect Biden” when Pence presided over the joint session of Congress tasked with certifying the electoral vote.
