They should grant him immunity

 

I just read (more than one place) that Trump insurrectin advisor, lawyer John Eastman, is going to take the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying in front of the House committee on the January 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol building.

Eastman is the guy that concocted the whole plan to try and convince VP Pence that he could stymie the certification of the election by questioning/throwing out electors from certain states, thereby putting the process into Congressional overtime where the unbalanced Republicanness of the Congress could vote to put Donald Trump into a second term.

Eastman is cooked as a lawyer, and probably a professor.  His only career move now would likely be appearances on Newsmax.  His bio says he's a former professor and dean at Chapman University School of Law.  Unless they're offering classes in Constitutional overthrow, I doubt he's teaching much these days.

So ... compel him to testify.  Offer him full immunity.  Because if he testifies, he can nail everyone that was in the room reading his revolutional ideas TO THE FRIGGIN' WALL.

All you need is one songbird.  Then the rest of the obstinants will just be seen for what they are -- criminals. 

Obviously this is a well-known legal play.  Eastman is a small-scale target.  Use him to get the goods on the real crooks, the Meadowses, Clarks, Bannons, and of course, the Big Guy.

It would work.  Don't wait, Congress.

Trump lawyer John Eastman will plead the Fifth because his testimony could be used to 'mount a criminal investigation against him,' his attorney tells January 6 committee probing the Capitol riot

Here's more about the possibility from the Washington Post.

Trump’s lawyers are pleading the Fifth. Congress can still make them talk.

"Finally, even if Clark [same applies for Eastman] does have a valid Fifth Amendment privilege, federal law allows the committee to seek a judicial ruling immunizing him for his testimony. That would overcome the Fifth Amendment privilege and force Clark to answer the committee’s questions without fear of self-incrimination."

Further down:

"As attorneys, Clark and Eastman reportedly tried to use their law licenses to help Trump’s effort to attack and overturn the 2020 election and deprive voters of a most sacred civil right. Now they seek shelter behind the critically important civil liberty guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. That may be their prerogative, however ironic. But it does not shield their testimony and their documents from scrutiny. Congress has the tools to drive accountability forward. It should use them."