Eastman expanded his original memo into a six-page version marked “PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL,” asserting that Pence could reverse the outcome of the American presidential election without having to prove any actual fraudulent votes. Eastman argued that Trump’s objections to various voting policies in key states would be enough to invalidate the results—not stolen votes, in other words, just practices that Trump’s team opposed or deemed illegal, like the use of drop boxes in response to the pandemic. Under a section titled “War Gaming the Alternatives,” Eastman outlined how the vice president
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