Alaska state Rep. David Eastman acknowledged at a trial this week that he’s a member of the Oath Keepers and that he went to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6th. But he maintains neither he nor the Oath Keepers were interested in overthrowing the government.
Alaska state Rep. David Eastman acknowledged at a trial this week that he’s a member of the Oath Keepers and that he went to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, to then-President Trump’s rally protesting the election. But Eastman maintains neither he nor the Oath Keepers were interested in overthrowing the government.
“Those bylaws … make it very clear that you cannot, as an Oath Keeper, do anything to overthrow the government,” Miller said at the non-jury trial. “I mean, it’s specifically stated.” That’s problematic for Eastman. He did not enter the Capitol that day, but he’s the subject of a civil lawsuit brought by a former supporter who alleges his membership in the group disqualifies him from public office, due to a disloyalty provision in the state Constitution.The plaintiff’s attorney, Goriune Dudukgian, tried to get Eastman to acknowledge that he knew Oath Keepers used force in the Capitol to stop the certification of the presidential election.
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