Chapter 5.5 - Aftermath of the Attack (The January 6th Report)

03/17/23 • 3 min

After January 6th, John Eastman reached out to Eric Herschmann, a lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office, to talk about litigation in Georgia on behalf of the Trump Campaign. Herschmann used the opportunity to berate Eastman and to recommend that he find a criminal defense lawyer. Eastman later reach out to Rudy Giuliani about being on a list for presidential pardons.

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Chapter 5.4 - President Trump Endangers Pence’s Life, Causing the Vice President, His Family, and Staff to Narrowly Miss the Rioters as They Flee the Mob Attacking the Capitol (The January 6th Report)

This section describes the actions taken by Vice President Mike Pence on January 6th after rioters broke into the Capitol. The Vice President refused the Secret Service’s first two attempts to evacuate him from his ceremonial office, but was ultimately forced to a more secure location. He decided he was staying in the building unless there was imminent danger to bodily safety, because he did not want to provide a win to the rioters.

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Chapter 6 (Intro) - “Be There, Will Be Wild!” (The January 6th Report)

Electors around the country met to cast their Electoral College votes in December 2020. Their vote ensured former Vice President Joe Biden's victory and cemented President Donald J. Trump's defeat. President Trump however, had no intention of conceding. As he plotted ways to stay in power, the President summoned a mob for help. On December 19th, President Trump tweeted: “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” This section summarizes the various groups that helped to orchestrate the attack on the U.S. Capitol.