Judge says Trump ‘likely’ committed crimes in bid to block Biden victory

• Scheme to retain presidency a coup in search of a legal theory'
• Trump lawyer John Eastman ordered to hand over emails

Donald Trump appears to have committed multiple felonies as he sought to return himself to power on 6 January, a judge said in a Monday ruling that ordered the Trump lawyer John Eastman to turn over hundreds of emails to the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack.

The extraordinary ruling marks a breakthrough and paves the way for the select committee to obtain some of Eastman's most sensitive emails concerning his illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election, which he had attempted to shield from the inquiry.