Exclusive emails: Trump lawyer warned against signing flawed Georgia election lawsuit

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Despite the warnings, Trump signed a sworn document citing inaccurate evidence of voter fraud.

knew specific instances of voter fraud in Georgia had been debunked, but continued to tout them both in public and under oath.

In one email cited in Judge Carter's opinion, Eastman told Trump's team that the president had been made aware that some of the allegations and evidence of voter fraud used in aThat suit was later moved to federal court. "For him to sign a new verification with that knowledge would not be accurate," Eastman wrote, according to the judge's order.

The next day, Mitchell sent a draft of the lawsuit to Herschmann in response to apparent concerns he had raised, writing: "This is the version from John Eastman with your edits." Charles Burnham, an attorney for John Eastman, told Axios: "We have extensive privileged communications regarding Mr. Herschmann's cooperation in securing the President's signed verification. If that privilege were ever to be waived we would be pleased to discuss the contents of those communications."

The relationship between Mitchell and Herschmann was already strained in the days leading up to the New Year's Eve email exchange, according to three sources familiar with the situation. It included a heated phone call between Herschmann and Mitchell, while Herschmann was sitting in the outer Oval.

 

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