As for Eastman, he went back to the Willard InterContinental Hotel, where he joined a “war room” that had been set up with Rudy Giuliani, Bernie Kerik, Steve Bannon, and others organizing efforts to pressure Pence and Congress to block Biden’s victory. The Trump campaign was footing the cost of the command center, a bill that would eventually run to tens of thousands of dollars. Roger Stone wandered in and out with members of the Oath Keepers militia serving as bodyguards. Giuliani asked Eastman how his meeting went. Eastman told him he did not think Pence was going to do it.
