Trump likely committed crimes to stop transfer of power, judge says
03 April 2022 |
5:16 pm
A federal judge has found it "more likely than not" that Donald Trump illegally tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The judge ordered John Eastman, a Trump lawyer, to turn over emails to investigators.
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